A 16-year-old high school student and track athlete, Octavius Tay Harris, was fatally shot in St. Louis in the early hours of a Sunday at about 3:20 a.m. The shooting happened in the 900 block of O’Fallon Street while Harris was in a car with three other teenagers. Two people opened fire on the vehicle; Harris was pronounced dead at the scene. A 17-year-old male and an 18-year-old female in the car suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to a hospital in stable condition; a fourth occupant was unharmed.

Police say the teens were driving away from a nearby party when the shooting occurred, but Harris’s mother, Makailu Harris, said he had been at his aunt’s house and left with his twin sister, their aunt, and a friend to get snacks. She described him as a straight-A student and dedicated track runner about to enter his junior year at East St. Louis Senior High School, and the oldest of six children who had taken on a protective role after his father’s death in 2018. No suspects have been identified and no arrests have been made; homicide detectives are asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Division or CrimeStoppers.

Did anyone in the St. Louis area see or hear anything that could help investigators in this case?