Cortez Harper, 38, was shot and killed the evening of September 1, 2017 in the JeffVanderLou neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. First responders found Harper with fatal injuries and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Local authorities identified him shortly afterward and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department opened an investigation.

No specific suspects have been publicly named or charged, and the case remains on lists of unsolved killings from 2017. If anyone has information that could help resolve what happened to Cortez Harper, contact CrimeStoppers.