Shaun Markieth Hawkins, 26, was shot to death in North St. Louis in the early morning hours of Tuesday, September 6, 2016. First responders were called just before 1:00 a.m. to the 2800 block of Gamble Street, where Hawkins was found outside an apartment building with a fatal gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police taped off nearly an entire city block as homicide detectives processed the scene under streetlights. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department opened an active investigation but initially released no suspect information and did not identify a motive. Detectives were seeking witnesses and evidence to determine who was responsible.

If anyone witnessed activity on Gamble Street that night or has information about Shaun Hawkins’s killing, please come forward.