Shortly after 3:00 a.m. on March 5, 2024, officers responded to reports of gunfire at the intersection of Thekla Avenue and North Kingshighway Boulevard in the Mark Twain neighborhood of St. Louis. First responders found 25-year-old Michael Jermaine Taylor suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene and the death is being treated as a homicide.

The shooting occurred at the same address where, less than seven hours earlier around 8:45 p.m., a 77-year-old woman was shot in the leg while sitting on a porch; a 30-year-old man who was with her was not injured. Witnesses to that earlier attack said a gunman emerged from an alley before opening fire. Detectives opened an immediate homicide investigation and examined the scene, and investigators stated they were working to determine whether the two shootings are connected. No suspect information or arrests have been released.

If anyone has information about either shooting or saw activity near Thekla Avenue and North Kingshighway Boulevard that night, please come forward to assist the investigation.