On Monday, August 5, 2024, 24-year-old Tyler Brown was found shot in the 9800 block of Calumet Drive in Bellefontaine Neighbors. Officers were called at about 1:06 p.m.; Brown was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening gunshot wounds and later pronounced deceased. He lived on the 300 block of Scenic Drive in St. Louis.

The City of Bellefontaine Neighbors Police Department requested the St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons to lead the homicide investigation. As of initial reports, no suspect information had been released and the case was described as ongoing. Authorities asked anyone with information to contact the St. Louis County Police Department or CrimeStoppers.

If anyone in the neighborhood saw or heard anything that afternoon or has information about Tyler’s death, please contact investigators.