On the early morning of November 21, 2023, 36-year-old Terrell Lamont Cunningham was fatally shot inside an apartment building in the 5700 block of South Broadway in the Carondelet neighborhood of St. Louis. Neighbors reported hearing gunfire shortly after 3:00 a.m. Cunningham, who lived on Coburg Lands Drive in Bellefontaine Neighbors, was found at the scene with lethal gunshot wounds.

The shooting followed a confrontation between Cunningham and the building’s property manager, 48-year-old Shane C. Richmond. Richmond told investigators he entered a vacant unit to investigate noise, encountered Cunningham, and fired after Cunningham allegedly made aggressive comments and moved toward him. A witness at the scene disputed Richmond’s account, saying Richmond fired immediately upon entering and Cunningham never had a chance to stand up before being shot.

Police arrested Richmond and prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder and armed criminal action; he was ordered held without bond as the case moved forward. Does anyone have information about what led to the confrontation that night or saw events in the 5700 block of South Broadway on November 21?