Taron R. Robinson, 26, was fatally shot inside a residence in the 5300 block of Gladstone Place near I-70 and Lucas and Hunt Road in St. Louis County on Sunday afternoon, September 3, 2023. The St. Louis County Police Department received the call at about 1:24 p.m.; officers from the Central County Precinct found Robinson with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives with the Crimes Against Persons unit say the shooting was not random and that Robinson and the person who shot him were known to one another. The home where he was found is the focus of an active homicide investigation. No arrests have been announced. A visitation and service were held on September 15, 2023, at a funeral chapel in Spanish Lake.

If anyone has information about what happened that afternoon or about someone who might know details of the shooting, contact the St. Louis County Police Department or CrimeStoppers.