In the early morning hours of July 5, 2023, Wade Featherston, 37, was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Dutchtown neighborhood of Saint Louis. The shooting occurred just before 12:30 a.m. in the 4100 block of Chippewa Street near Gravois Avenue. Featherston was with a 36-year-old woman when an unknown motorcyclist rode past and opened fire; the woman was wounded but survived. Emergency personnel pronounced Featherston dead at the scene.

Featherston was originally from Salem, Illinois, and his family remembers him for interests that included motorcycle racing, rodeos, and welding. He is survived by a son, his parents, and siblings. The woman present told detectives the shooter was on a motorcycle but could not identify a motive or the assailant. No arrests or named suspects have been reported and the investigation remains active.

If anyone saw activity on Chippewa Street near Gravois Avenue around midnight on July 5, 2023, or has information about the motorcyclist, please come forward.