Turyan S. Austell Jr., 23, was fatally shot on a MetroLink train in East St. Louis on July 25, 2023. Deputies responded about 5:44 a.m. to reports of shots fired at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center MetroLink Station and found Austell with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Investigators determined Austell and 23-year-old Jarell M. Anderson knew one another and had gotten into an argument on the train before it stopped at the station. Authorities say Anderson fired the shots at the station, fled, and was later taken into custody and charged with Murder with Intent to Kill or Injure; his bond was set at $2,000,000.

Was anyone on that morning’s MetroLink ride able to see or hear something that could help clarify what led to the argument and shooting?