A family dispute in a St. Louis neighborhood ended with a fatal shooting on the evening of Sunday, July 21, 2024. Robert Allen, 62, was found with gunshot wounds on a porch in the 4800 block of Maffitt Avenue in the Kingshighway East neighborhood shortly after 5:30 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene after being shot in the back.

Police identified a suspect who was not a stranger but Robert’s brother, 64-year-old Gregory Allen. The brothers lived together; investigators say another brother and a neighbor reported that Gregory had repeatedly threatened to kill Robert with a shotgun. Officers recovered a shotgun at the residence. Gregory initially told police he did not know how Robert had died, then later said he had accidentally shot him. Gregory was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful possession of a firearm, and held without bond.

If anyone in Kingshighway East in July 2024 saw activity near the 4800 block of Maffitt Avenue or has information about the dispute between the Allen brothers, please come forward.