On the afternoon of May 10, 2023, Andrew Smith, 56, was fatally shot on the front porch of his home in the Greater Ville neighborhood of St. Louis. Police responded to the 4000 block of Kennerly Avenue about 1:10 p.m.; Smith was found with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. A one-year-old boy who was on the porch sustained minor abrasions attributed to flying debris and did not require treatment.

Investigators identified and arrested 23-year-old Jay’shaun Payton and charged him with first-degree murder and armed criminal action after reviewing surveillance that showed a silver Chrysler 300 pulling up near the scene, two people exiting the vehicle, shots being fired off-camera, and the pair returning to the car and leaving. Payton’s fingerprints were linked to a separate but connected shooting scene, and he acknowledged owning a Chrysler 300.

A grand jury declined to indict Payton and the charges were dismissed; the grand jury’s reasoning remains confidential. Payton’s attorney said evidence did not connect him to the shooting, noting differences in vehicle blemishes, clothing seen on surveillance, and that Payton had no passengers in his car. The case remains unresolved. Does anyone have information about activity in the Greater Ville area on May 10, 2023, or about the silver Chrysler 300 seen near Kennerly Avenue?