On the evening of June 26, 2024, 50-year-old Jamieko Thompson was shot in the parking lot of the Elite Market & Grill at Union and Ridge avenues in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of St. Louis. Officers arriving after a call for a shooting found Thompson and a 51-year-old man with gunshot wounds; emergency medical services pronounced Thompson dead at the scene. A third man, 41, was also shot and taken to a hospital in a private vehicle; both surviving victims were reported in stable condition.

St. Louis Metropolitan Police homicide detectives opened an investigation. In February 2025 authorities released security-camera images and video showing two men they want to identify; one image shows a man pointing a gun with a visible muzzle flash. No arrests have been announced. If anyone has information about the shooting or the identities of the men seen on video, contact the Homicide Division or submit an anonymous tip to CrimeStoppers.