On the early morning of Sunday, May 26, 2024, a shooting in the Downtown West neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, killed 20-year-old Paul Kai Jr. The shooting occurred just before 3:30 a.m. in the 600 block of North 15th Street, an area near the City Museum. Paul had been out with friends and his twin sister when gunfire erupted; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two other people were struck: a 22-year-old man taken to a local hospital in critical and unstable condition, and a 23-year-old woman whose injuries were described as stable. A 20-year-old woman was present but uninjured. Paul is survived by three children and was a former student of Central Visual and Performing Arts High School.

Homicide detectives from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department opened an investigation and were searching for a gunman; no arrests or motive had been announced. Can anyone who was in the Downtown West area that night or who knew Paul share information that might help the investigation?