On the evening of April 2, 2017, 37-year-old Corey Joyce was shot and killed in the Carr Square neighborhood of St. Louis. The shooting occurred in the 1000 block of North 20th Street after a physical altercation between Joyce and another person escalated and the other individual produced a firearm. Witnesses and emergency responders arrived about 6:30 p.m. to find Joyce suffering from gunshot wounds; he later died of those injuries.

The suspect ran from the scene on foot and police described the case as a fatal fight that turned deadly. No arrest had been announced at the time of the initial investigation. Joyce was remembered by family and neighbors as a father and a professional driver for Laclede Cab, known by nicknames including Big C and Doo-Doo.

If anyone witnessed the confrontation that night or has information about who fled the scene, please share what is known.