Shortly after 2:22 a.m. on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2023, a fight that began inside a business in the 11200 block of West Florissant Avenue in St. Louis County spilled into the parking lot and escalated when firearms were produced. Three adult men were struck by gunfire. Kenneth Covington, 33, of the 300 block of Crawford Road in St. Louis, was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. The two other victims were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening wounds.

Investigators recovered evidence indicating at least three different firearms were fired. Detectives linked a suspect to the incident through ballistics and witness statements, finding that the suspect had been involved in the earlier physical altercation and present at the bar. On October 31, 2024, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged 31-year-old Jermel Williams with first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault; authorities said firearms seized when Williams was arrested on an unrelated matter were ballistically connected to the scene.

Did anyone know Kenneth or have information about what happened that night?