In the early morning hours of April 14, 2007, 35-year-old Darrell Antonio Boothe was shot and killed outside his home on Utah Street in St. Louis. Boothe, an African-American truck driver for G&K Services, encountered someone trying to steal his 1985 Cadillac DeVille, which had a steering wheel security device the suspect was struggling to defeat. A confrontation followed and Boothe was shot once in the upper thigh. He was taken to a medical facility but died of that single gunshot wound.

Police recovered a flashlight at the scene that investigators believe was left by the suspect, but no arrests have ever been announced. Boothe left behind his wife, Marie Boothe, and their three children. If anyone remembers activity in the Utah Street area around 5 a.m. on April 14, 2007, or has information about that flashlight or the theft attempt, please come forward.