On the early morning of August 20, 2025, 37-year-old Troy C. Hamilton was fatally shot by law enforcement officers outside his home in Bel-Ridge, Missouri. Officers from the St. John Police Department first tried to stop a red Pontiac G5 near St. Charles Rock Road and North-South Road after alleging a stop-sign violation; Hamilton allegedly fled and a pursuit involved the St. Ann Police Department. A StarChase GPS projectile was deployed onto the vehicle, which led officers to the 3300 block of Welsberg Drive.

Surveillance footage from a neighbor captured Hamilton running to his front porch as two St. Ann officers pursued him. Police say a struggle occurred on the porch, that Hamilton produced a stolen firearm and pointed it at officers, and that two officers fired, striking him twice; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators report DNA on the recovered gun matched Hamilton.

The North County Police Cooperative took over the investigation and said it would present findings to the St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Office; the FBI was invited to review the case. Police initially sought a passenger, identified as Terrell Davis, who later appeared with the family disputing the police narrative. No arrests of the officers had been announced. Did anyone in the Bel-Ridge or St. Louis County area see the pursuit or the moments before Hamilton reached his porch?