On the night of Thursday, June 30, 2016, 36-year-old Edward Lamont Tammons was shot during an argument while in a group on the 5000 block of Kensington Avenue in St. Louis’s Academy neighborhood. Witnesses report the dispute escalated when an unknown male produced a firearm and opened fire; the shooter fled the scene afterward.

Tammons was taken to a nearby hospital but succumbed to his wounds. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department handled the investigation; no public details about significant leads, suspect identification, or arrests have been released. The case remains unsolved, leaving family and community members without answers.

If anyone was on Kensington Avenue that night or has information about the shooting, please come forward to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.