Calvin Kelly, a 20-year-old Black man, was shot on the afternoon of October 24, 2023, in the Penrose neighborhood of St. Louis. The shooting happened just after 3 p.m. in the 4200 block of Shreve Avenue, a few blocks from where he lived. First responders found him with a gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to a hospital and died about five hours later.

Police identified a suspect, Tabari Freeman, who was 16 at the time. Freeman was taken into custody in December 2023 and held at the juvenile detention center on Enright Avenue; he escaped that facility on February 3, 2024, by rolling under a security gate and was recaptured on February 27 after a multiweek search. The Circuit Attorney’s Office certified Freeman to stand trial as an adult and charged him in April 2024 with second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and two counts of armed criminal action.

In March 2025 Freeman, then 18, pleaded guilty to a single count of second-degree involuntary manslaughter; the other charges were dismissed and a judge sentenced him to three years in a Missouri state prison. Kelly’s mother, grandmother, and twin brother attended the sentencing and said the term did not feel sufficient. If anyone knew Calvin or has information about the shooting, please share what can help the case.