Shortly after 3:30 a.m. on June 4, 2023, gunfire on the 900 block of St. Louis Avenue in East St. Louis left three people shot. Dotanisha NeNe Funches, 26, was taken to Touchette Regional Hospital in Cahokia Heights and pronounced dead at 3:43 a.m. according to the St. Clair County coroner.

Police Chief Kendall Perry said detectives were in the early stages of the investigation and had not established a motive, and no arrests or suspects were named in the first reports. Public remembrances noted Funches by the name NeNe, while officials asked anyone with information to contact East St. Louis police or CrimeStoppers. Few details about what led to the shooting have been made public.

If anyone knew Dotanisha NeNe Funches, saw activity on St. Louis Avenue that night, or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.