An 11-year-old boy, Marshaun Futrell Jr., died from a gunshot wound on the evening of May 5, 2025, in the Dellwood area of North St. Louis County, Missouri. Officers were called to a home on the 1800 block of Longford Drive about 8:15 p.m.; Marshaun was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Police describe the shooting as accidental. Investigators say Marshaun and a 13-year-old friend found two firearms in a backpack inside the house; one weapon discharged while the children were handling them. A two-year-old was also in the home. A subsequent search of the residence and a vehicle recovered 12 firearms, many loaded and unsecured and accessible to the children.

Marshaun was remembered by his community and coaches as a joyful child and a standout football player with a promising future. Prosecutors charged his father, Marshaun Futrell Sr., with Endangering the Welfare of a Child in the First Degree resulting in death and two counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child Creating a Substantial Risk; he was held on a $100,000 cash-only bond.

Did anyone in the Dellwood area know Marshaun or have information about the circumstances that led to the firearms being left unsecured?