On the morning of March 23, 2023, 42-year-old Willie Lee was fatally shot in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The shooting occurred about 6:20 a.m. in the 1900 block of Bacon Street near North Market Street. Officers found Lee with a gunshot wound to the neck; emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Lee was identified as a resident of O'Fallon, Missouri, although he was in the St. Louis neighborhood in the early morning hours when the shooting happened. The circumstances that led to the attack were not immediately clear. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said there were no suspects in custody and investigators canvassed the area for witnesses and evidence.

If anyone was in the 1900 block of Bacon Street or nearby around 6:20 a.m. on March 23, 2023, or has information about this shooting, please contact the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.