Shawn Randy Kennedy, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot inside a residence on Talmage Avenue in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood of St. Louis shortly before 3 a.m. on Christmas Eve 2023. Officers found Kennedy unresponsive in the home; he was taken to a hospital and died there. Witnesses said an individual had been asked to leave the house shortly before gunfire was heard.

Surveillance footage showed 21-year-old Keon Cannady produce a firearm after being asked to leave and fire into the home before fleeing. Cannady was arrested and admitted being in the area and responsible for the shooting. He was charged with first-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts of armed criminal action; those armed criminal action counts were later dismissed as part of a plea to amended charges of second-degree murder and unlawful possession of a weapon. A judge sentenced Cannady to 25 years for the murder and a concurrent five-year term for the weapon charge. A relative of Kennedy said the two families had known each other for years.

If anyone knew Shawn, his movements that night, or has information about the incident, please share what is known.