On December 28, 2024, officers responded to reports of shots fired at about 12:15 p.m. in the parking lot of the Schnucks at 49 South Florissant Road in Ferguson, Missouri. The people involved fled; a short time later a Ferguson officer found an abandoned, disabled vehicle near South Clark Avenue and Carson Road. Inside was 19-year-old Ramone-Kaleb Henderson, who had sustained at least one fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say the shooting began as a gun transaction that became an attempted robbery. Henderson and a friend, 19-year-old Clarence Brown, met another person in the Schnucks lot to trade an AR-15 for a Glock. Police allege Henderson produced a firearm and pointed it at the other party; a shootout followed, Henderson was hit, then drove away before succumbing to his injuries. Brown was arrested near the scene and charged with second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and armed criminal action; prosecutors say Brown admitted arranging the meeting as a setup.

Surveillance later identified an 18-year-old, Tyrell Cook Jr. of St. Louis, as the shooter who fired the fatal shots and then fired across the parking lot, striking multiple unoccupied vehicles.

Did anyone see the events in the Schnucks parking lot or have information on Cook’s whereabouts?