A verbal dispute in the Walnut Park East neighborhood of St. Louis turned fatal on the afternoon of November 3, 2025. Javon Carter, 39, was found lying in the street at the intersection of Prange and Genevieve avenues shortly after 3:15 p.m. He had sustained a gunshot wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders.

A witness said the confrontation began when Carter used a racial slur toward 56-year-old Neils Woolfolk. The witness reported Woolfolk briefly drove away, then returned armed with a rifle and fired multiple shots, one of which struck Carter. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Division investigated and arrested Woolfolk; the Circuit Attorney’s Office filed charges including first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful possession of a firearm. Authorities say the argument appears to be the motive.

Anyone who saw the shooting or has additional information about what happened that afternoon is asked to come forward.