Firefighters responding to a structure fire in the North Hampton neighborhood of St. Louis entered an apartment in the 5000 block of Pernod Avenue around 5:40 p.m. on May 15, 2025. Inside the smoke-filled front room they found 36-year-old William Wills; he had severe burns, but when crews began life-saving measures they discovered he had been shot multiple times.

Wills was transported to a local hospital and later pronounced dead. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s homicide unit took over the scene, treating the shooting and the later fire as connected. Authorities have not released a motive or identified any suspects, and the investigation remains active.

Did anyone in the North Hampton area see anything unusual at that address or around that time that could help investigators?