A large gathering at Fairground Park in St. Louis on the night of April 13, 2025, ended in gunfire around 11:40 p.m. Twenty-one-year-old Maurice Roberts-Parnell of Florissant, Missouri, was shot and later pronounced dead at a hospital. Four other people were wounded; two men aged 23 and 24 were found in the park and taken to hospital in critical but stable condition, while a 35-year-old woman arrived at a hospital in serious but stable condition with a gunshot wound and a 23-year-old woman suffered a graze wound and was stable.

Roberts-Parnell was a father to a young daughter; his death has affected family and community members. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Division is leading the investigation. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Homicide Division or CrimeStoppers — did anyone witness the shooting or the crowd that night?