Lawrence Lorenzo Carr Jr., 22, was shot the evening of March 16, 2023, in the Castle Point neighborhood of Missouri. ShotSpotter alerted police about 9:30 p.m., and officers found a vehicle that had left the roadway and crashed into the front yard on the 10400 block of Monarch Drive. Carr, a Black male, was inside the wrecked car with at least one gunshot wound. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died of his injuries, and the St. Louis County Police Crimes Against Persons division opened a homicide investigation.

As of the last update, no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly named. Motive has not been determined and investigators are seeking information to identify those responsible. If anyone witnessed the shooting, the crash, or saw suspicious activity near Monarch Drive that night, please contact investigators with what was seen or heard.