Demetrius Wagner, 29, was one of two men fatally shot on the night of April 9, 2026, on the 5600 block of Gatesworth Avenue in Country Club Hills, Missouri. Officers responding to a report of a shooting arrived about 10:25 p.m. and found Wagner and 29-year-old Alex Taylor suffering from gunshot wounds; both were pronounced dead at the scene. Wagner is reported to have lived on the same block where the shooting occurred.

The St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons took over the investigation from Country Club Hills police. Authorities released few details about a motive, whether either victim was specifically targeted, or any relationship between the victims and the shooter or shooters. No arrests or charges had been announced and the investigation was described as active.

Did anyone in the Gatesworth Avenue area that night see or hear anything that could help investigators?