On the morning of April 29, 2025, officers in Saint Louis responded to a call for assistance at the 1900 block of East Obear Avenue in the College Hill neighborhood and found 22-year-old Anthony Conner Jr. lying in the rear of a vacant home. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency medical personnel.

Detectives from the Saint Louis Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation and used resources from the Real Time Crime Center to reconstruct events. Investigators identified a vehicle that had been in the area around the time of the shooting; ownership and movement inquiries, alongside cellphone data analysis, placed a suspect at the scene when the shooting occurred.

On June 14, 2025, authorities arrested 46-year-old Jemell Johnson. Court documents say Johnson admitted to owning the vehicle and acknowledged knowing about the death. He was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action, held without bond, and pleaded not guilty at his initial appearance. Does anyone have information about Anthony’s last known movements or about the area around East Obear Avenue that morning?