On the evening of July 25, 2026, 16-year-old Lamerion L. Davis of Washington Park was shot and killed around 8 p.m. in the 1100 block of Camp Jackson Road in Cahokia Heights, a commercial stretch near a McDonald’s and a gas station. Responding officers found him with multiple gunshot wounds; emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene and the St. Clair County Coroner ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds.

Lamerion’s mother said he had played basketball earlier that day at a court on Falling Springs Road and that an argument had broken out with two individuals who had been watching him. She said he then walked about two miles to the McDonald’s on Camp Jackson Road and was heading toward a nearby gas station when he was shot, sustaining wounds to the back and the head.

Investigators from the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis followed roughly 30 to 60 leads and conducted numerous interviews. On July 30, 2026, the St. Clair County State’s Attorney filed charges against 20-year-old Cleveland J. Ware of Cahokia Heights, including first-degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon; Ware was arrested and booked into the St. Clair County Jail on July 31, 2026, held without bond.

If anyone knew Lamerion, saw him in Cahokia Heights on July 25, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.