On October 26, 2008, Cortez Johnson was shot while standing on a porch in the 2900 block of Hebert Street in north St. Louis and died of his wounds. Police classified the incident as a drive-by shooting linked to neighborhood feuding between factions referred to as the Sullivan Mob or Beam Street group.

Investigators treated the killing as retaliation tied to the 2004 death of an associate, Orlando Jones. Detectives identified two men in the attack: Steven Smith, who the state named as the shooter in the passenger seat, and Derrick Douglas, who drove a 2007 Chevrolet Impala into the rival area to facilitate the assault. Douglas was arrested and later admitted involvement, pleading guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Who in the neighborhood might have information about movements or vehicles seen near Hebert Street that night?