A morning shooting in the Walnut Park West neighborhood of St. Louis left a local man dead. On October 12, 2025, police were called to the 6000 block of Lucille Avenue shortly before 10:30 a.m. and found 34-year-old Anthony Ballard II in a gangway with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency personnel pronounced Ballard dead at the scene.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Division opened an active investigation. Motive and the events directly before the shooting have not been made public. Authorities have asked anyone with information to come forward and noted tips may be provided anonymously through CrimeStoppers, with a possible cash reward.

Did anyone in Walnut Park West see or hear anything on the morning of October 12 that could help investigators?