A teenager was killed after an evening shooting at a St. Louis gas station. On June 15, 2023, 17-year-old Keyon Taylor was at the Mobil Crown Mart on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive when a confrontation between two groups turned into gunfire around 7:15 p.m. Taylor suffered gunshot wounds to his shoulder and buttocks, was taken to a nearby hospital, and later died.

Two other men were wounded in the exchange: a 36-year-old with gunshot wounds to his leg, shoulder, and back, and a 30-year-old who was treated and released. Police detained two men, 30 and 19, near the scene and recovered firearms; a separate arrest followed for 20-year-old Darnell Rhodes. Court documents say Rhodes admitted that he and Taylor started shooting after encountering people with whom they had previous conflicts, and that occupants of the other vehicle returned fire.

Rhodes has been charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and armed criminal action and is being held without bond pending trial. If anyone has information about what happened that evening, please come forward.