In the early morning hours of October 30, 2023, 15-year-old Demetrius Hill was found mortally wounded in the middle of Leahy Avenue in the Mark Twain neighborhood of St. Louis. Officers responded about 1:30 a.m. after reports of a shooting and discovered the Black teenager with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

Hill lived just blocks away on the 4500 block of Queens Avenue. Homicide detectives opened an investigation and have been seeking witnesses and evidence, but no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified and police have not announced a motive. The community was left reeling after a youth was killed in a residential area in the middle of the night.

If anyone saw activity around Leahy Avenue that night or has information that could help investigators, contact the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.