On the morning of May 18, 2025, officers were called to a residence in the 800 block of Schirmer in Saint-Louis, Missouri, for a report of a suspicious death. Inside the home they found four people shot to death: 34-year-old Ashley Cardwell, 67-year-old Wendell Simmons, 33-year-old Justin Wells, and 40-year-old Juanita Malkowski. Emergency medical services pronounced all four deceased at the scene.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Division is treating the event as a quadruple homicide. Investigators recovered firearms and suspected narcotics during their search of the premises. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

Anyone with information about what happened at the Schirmer residence is asked to contact the Homicide Division or CrimeStoppers.