On the evening of Cinco de Mayo, May 5, 2023, gunfire erupted on Cherokee Street in St. Louis during celebrations at the Exotic Bar and Grill. Twenty-five-year-old Rayon Caffey, a Black male, was at the bar around 10 p.m. when the shooting occurred. He and 44-year-old Eric Taylor were taken to a hospital by private vehicle and were pronounced dead on arrival.

Two other people were wounded: a 34-year-old man found inside the bar with gunshot wounds to his thigh and elbow and transported in serious but stable condition, and a 24-year-old woman who later reported a graze wound to her foot. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Division is investigating. No arrests, suspects, or motive have been announced and the case remains open.

Did anyone see activity on Cherokee Street that night or have information about who was at the Exotic Bar and Grill around 10 p.m.?