On the evening of February 9, 2015, 48-year-old Michael Pankins was shot during an altercation with two men in the 4500 block of North Kingshighway Boulevard in St. Louis. Witnesses told police Pankins had been fighting with the two men just before one produced a firearm and fired a single shot that struck him in the chest. He was taken to a hospital but died of his wound; the incident was reclassified as a homicide.

Those involved fled the scene before officers arrived and no names or descriptions of the suspects were released. Despite investigations in the days afterward, no arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved, leaving family and community without answers.

If anyone has information about the men who ran from the 4500 block of North Kingshighway Boulevard that night, please come forward to help bring justice for Michael Pankins.