On the evening of Friday, January 27, 2023, 18-year-old Demetrius Golliday of Ferguson was found critically wounded by gunfire in the 3200 block of North 19th Street in the Old North St. Louis neighborhood. Officers arrived shortly after 8:00 p.m.; emergency medical personnel transported him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead soon after arrival. Police later identified him and gave his home address on Buckeye Drive in St. Louis County.

As of July 2025 the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s homicide unit listed the investigation as active and unsolved. Detectives reported no suspects or arrests and said a motive had not been established. If anyone in Old North St. Louis that night saw activity near North 19th Street or knows anything that could help identify those responsible, please come forward with information.