On the evening of April 7, 2023, 51-year-old Charlie Taylor Jr. was found dead inside his home on the 5700 block of St. Louis Avenue in the Wells Goodfellow neighborhood. St. Louis police officers responded shortly after 6:30 p.m. and discovered Taylor with a gunshot wound to his head; he was pronounced dead at the scene and the residence became the focus of a homicide investigation.

Homicide detectives opened an investigation in the days that followed. As of the initial reports, police were actively searching for a suspect, and no motive or detailed circumstances of the shooting had been released. The community and Taylor’s family were left awaiting answers about what led to this fatal attack.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Charlie Taylor Jr., please share tips with the St. Louis Police Department.