Seventeen-year-old Parker Airik Bujnak of Belleville was shot outside a vehicle near North 59th Street and State Street in East St. Louis on the evening of February 8, 2025. Reports place the shooting around 8:30–8:40 p.m. in the 500 block of North 59th Street. He was taken to Memorial Hospital in Belleville and pronounced dead at 9:30 p.m. that night.

Family remembrances and an obituary describe Parker as a beloved son and big brother, a graduate of Blessed Sacrament Catholic School and a junior at Belleville East High School who loved electronics and building things. Initial statements said no motive had been released as investigators from the Illinois State Police assisted East St. Louis police.

On February 19, 2025, authorities charged 19-year-old Celvin Rogers of East St. Louis with first-degree murder, armed robbery with discharge of a firearm, and aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon—no FOID/FCCA; the suspect was arrested in Missouri by the U.S. Marshals Service and held pending extradition. Officials had not released a motive at the time of the charging announcement.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything near North 59th Street and State Street that evening?