On April 28, 2017, an alley near the 3000 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in the Benton Park West neighborhood of south St. Louis became the scene of a fatal shooting. Police found 22-year-old Malkolm Hodge of Florissant unresponsive with gunshot wounds; he did not survive. Homicide detectives canvassed the area for witnesses and evidence after the discovery.

Hodge was a father to a young daughter, Lauren, and is survived by his parents, Vickie and Alfred Hodge, his brothers Michael and Alfred Jr., and his sister LaToya. Family and community members remembered him as cool and fun-loving; he worked at local fast-food establishments and was known to friends as Levi.

If anyone knew Malkolm, saw activity around the 3000 block of Pennsylvania Avenue that day, or has information that could help, please come forward.