Shortly before 1:30 a.m. on April 23, 2025, police in St. Louis responded to a shooting at the B1 Market gas station in the 2800 block of North Vandeventer Avenue in the Greater Ville neighborhood. Officers found 32-year-old Black male Joshua Dismukes in the parking lot with a critical gunshot wound. He lived nearby on the 4000 block of St. Louis Avenue and had reportedly been at the market to make a purchase moments before the attack.

Emergency crews transported Dismukes to a hospital, but he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Homicide Division processed the scene and identified the shooter as an unknown male; detectives said motive and specific circumstances were unclear in the immediate aftermath. No arrests had been announced and the suspect remained at large as investigators sought witnesses and tips through the Homicide Division and CrimeStoppers.

If anyone who knew Joshua or who was in that area that morning has information, please contact investigators with what was seen or heard.