On the night of September 23, 2015, 42-year-old Sean Dorsey was shot multiple times during an ambush in the North St. Louis neighborhood of Baden. The attack occurred around 11:00 p.m. in the 800 block of Canaan Avenue, where Dorsey was standing outside a residence talking with three others. Four unknown individuals came out of a nearby gangway and opened fire without warning. The three people with Dorsey ran and were uninjured; a nearby home was struck by gunfire.

Dorsey was taken to a local hospital but died of his wounds in the early hours of September 24, 2015. His death was recorded as the city’s 150th homicide that year. Police said no detailed description of the shooters or an apparent motive was available, and there have been no publicly reported arrests; the case appears cold. If anyone knew Sean, witnessed activity on Canaan Avenue that night, or has information about the four shooters, please come forward.