Barry Billups, a 43-year-old Black man, was killed by a single gunshot in St. Louis on Monday, February 19, 2007. At about 7:20 p.m. in the Mark Twain neighborhood, witnesses heard a shot and saw Billups emerge from an alley in the 4900 block of Harney Avenue. He staggered onto the sidewalk, collapsed with a wound to his right side, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

St. Louis police opened a homicide investigation immediately but reported no suspects or arrests in the first day after the shooting. No motive or persons of interest were publicly released, and the case remained unsolved as the community sought answers.

If anyone was in the Mark Twain neighborhood near Harney Avenue that evening or has information about Barry’s death, please share what is known.