On the early morning of July 24, 2024, officers answered a shooting call in the Greater Ville neighborhood of St. Louis and found a male victim lying in the doorway of a vacant residence on the 4600 block of Elmbank Avenue with apparent gunshot wounds. Emergency personnel attempted aid, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim was later identified by homicide detectives as 17-year-old Dameon Kennedy-Henderson of nearby Ferguson, Missouri. His death was classified as a homicide, and detectives opened an active investigation into the circumstances of the shooting. No arrests or suspects had been publicly named, and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Division asked anyone with information to contact them or submit anonymous tips through CrimeStoppers.

If anyone knew Dameon, saw activity on Elmbank Avenue that night, or has information about the shooting, please contact the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Division or CrimeStoppers.