On the afternoon of December 28, 2025, 25-year-old Malachi Jones was fatally shot in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of St. Louis. Officers responded about 2 p.m. to the 4800 block of Minnesota Avenue and found Jones, a St. Louis city resident, suffering from gunshot wounds; emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is treating the incident as a homicide. The department is asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Division or submit anonymous tips to CrimeStoppers, which may offer a cash reward for information that leads to a felony arrest.

If anyone in Mount Pleasant saw or heard anything that afternoon, or has information about Malachi Jones’s last known movements, please contact investigators.