Brayan Aparicio was 22 when he was shot and killed in Dutchtown, St. Louis, on the night of November 8, 2025. He was seated in a silver Toyota sedan with his girlfriend in the 3600 block of Dunnica Avenue when gunfire erupted just before 11:30 p.m. Aparicio told his girlfriend he had been shot; she drove to a nearby convenience store at South Grand Boulevard and Meramec Street to call 911. Officers found him unconscious and not breathing in the passenger seat; he later died at a hospital.

Homicide detectives identified two suspects, 20-year-old Solomon Rasas and 19-year-old Kavion Couch, after reviewing MetroBus surveillance that captured their travel to the area. Cell phone geolocation data and additional surveillance allegedly showed the pair running toward the vehicle before the shooting and fleeing afterward. Both men were taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, first-degree assault, and unlawful use of a weapon; Rasas is also charged with resisting arrest. They are being held at the St. Louis City Justice Center without bond.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about Brayan’s final movements that night, please share what is known with investigators.