Jerome Baker, 19, was found shot to death inside a north St. Louis residence undergoing remodeling in the Penrose neighborhood on the morning of Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Officers responding to a person-down call at about 5:15 a.m. on the 4800 block of Farlin Avenue discovered Baker, a resident of the 4800 block of Sacramento Avenue, who had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators believe he may have been killed hours earlier. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is treating the death as a homicide; there were no arrests and no suspect or motive released in initial reports. Authorities have urged anyone with information to contact the Homicide Division or CrimeStoppers.

This case shares a name with an earlier, unrelated homicide victim: a different Jerome Baker, a 28-year-old father of six who vanished in May 2016 and whose skull was later identified that October; that 2016 death was also ruled a homicide and remains unsolved. If anyone has information about the May 8, 2024 shooting or knew Jerome Baker, contact the Homicide Division or CrimeStoppers.