Ki’shaela Wellington, 20, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of December 29, 2023, in St. Louis. Officers found her inside her silver Chevy Impala near North Kingshighway and Martin Luther King Drive shortly after 5 a.m.; she had been shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene with the car still running about a mile and a half from her home. Family members say surveillance footage shows another vehicle pulling up alongside her car and someone firing multiple shots before fleeing.

Ki’shaela was a graduate of Soldan International High School, active in JROTC and the basketball team, worked as a security guard at Schnuck’s, and cared for her mother. She had plans to become a St. Louis police officer and also boxed competitively. As of early January 2024 police were investigating leads but no arrests had been announced; her family held a balloon release in her memory and continues to seek justice.

If anyone saw activity around North Kingshighway and Martin Luther King Drive before or after 5 a.m. on December 29, 2023, or has information about the vehicle or shooter, please come forward.