On the evening of October 10, 2023, 19-year-old Latrell Prentice, a Black/African American male, was found fatally shot in an alley in the 3400 block of Osage Street in the Dutchtown neighborhood of St. Louis. Officers responded to reports of gunfire just before 7 p.m. and discovered Prentice unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene. He lived on Miami Street and was found about a mile from home.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Division is investigating. No suspects have been identified and no arrests have been announced; the case remains open. This killing is noted as part of a recent rise in gun violence in Dutchtown. If anyone has information about the shooting, contact the homicide division or CrimeStoppers.