A double homicide on Gatesworth Avenue in Country Club Hills left two 29-year-old men dead on the night of Thursday, April 9, 2026. Officers were called to the 5600 block at about 10:25 p.m. and found Alex Taylor of the 1300 block of North Garden Drive and Demetrius Wagner, who lived on the same block as the shooting, both suffering fatal gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

By Monday, April 13, 2026, the St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons had taken over the investigation at the request of Country Club Hills authorities. No suspects had been taken into custody and investigators had not released details about how the shooting unfolded. Law enforcement is asking anyone with information to contact the St. Louis County Police Department or submit anonymous tips through CrimeStoppers.

Did anyone in Country Club Hills that night see or hear anything that could help investigators?