La’Trez Clay, a 23-year-old Black man, was found dead on the morning of Thursday, February 6, 2025, in the Wells-Goodfellow area of St. Louis. His body was located near a vacant building in the 1700 block of Union Boulevard, along the boundary with Kingsway West, with apparent gunshot wounds. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Clay had last been seen leaving his home on the 1900 block of Semple Avenue on the evening of Sunday, February 2. Family members reported him missing when he did not return and began searching the neighborhood; they located his body around 11:30 a.m. on February 6 and then contacted police.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s homicide detectives opened an investigation and asked the public for information. No arrests had been announced and no suspects were publicly identified at the time of these reports.

If anyone in the community saw La’Trez between February 2 and February 6 or has information about the shooting, please share what you know with investigators.