A parenting dispute in north St. Louis County ended in a deadly shooting on March 2, 2025, when Garry Smith, 34, was struck by rifle fire and later died at a hospital. The confrontation reportedly began with an argument at a nearby business and continued on the street; Smith was a passenger in a vehicle near West Florissant Avenue and Dunn Road when a gray Genesis G70 sedan pulled up and fired into the car at about 7:36 p.m.

The driver of Smith’s vehicle suffered life-threatening injuries but was expected to survive, and a third person received non-life-threatening wounds. Investigators used witness statements and surveillance video to identify two suspects. Prosecutors charged Kelvin Allen, 39, and Orlando Taylor, 37, with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, weapons offenses, and three counts of armed criminal action, alleging Allen drove the Genesis and Taylor fired the rifle; Allen is also accused of firing at the QuikTrip earlier and wounding another man. Both are being held on $500,000 cash-only bond.

If anyone witnessed the argument at the QuikTrip or the shooting near West Florissant and Dunn, please come forward with information.