Akeem White, 32, was found fatally shot in the middle of the street in the 8800 block of Blewett Avenue in Jennings, Missouri, in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2023. Officers responding to a disturbance pronounced White dead at the scene at about 2:12 a.m. He lived on the 4300 block of West Florissant Avenue in St. Louis.

St. Louis County Police went to a nearby Blewett Avenue residence and made contact with 33-year-old Darrell Davis. Authorities say Davis admitted to shooting White; he was taken into custody and charged by the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. A judge set bond at $250,000 cash only. The motive has not been publicly disclosed.

If anyone has information about Akeem White, the events that night, or the neighborhood, please share what is known.