On the evening of May 24, 2016, Keyla Eberhart, a 21-year-old African American woman known to family and friends as Binkie, was shot while seated in a parked car in the 4900 block of Natural Bridge Avenue in the Penrose neighborhood of St. Louis. Around 8:14 p.m. an unidentified gunman approached the vehicle and opened fire. Keyla was found on the ground next to the car with critical gunshot wounds and later died at a nearby hospital.

A 22-year-old male companion was also shot, suffering a wound to the wrist; he survived and was listed in stable condition. Police reports at the time named no suspects, and later coverage indicates the homicide remained unsolved with no arrests made. Keyla’s family remembered her as intelligent, having once been offered a scholarship to a private school and aspiring to become a nurse.

Does anyone who was in the Penrose area that night or who knew Keyla have information that could help bring answers?