On the morning of Saturday, November 5, 2022, 23-year-old Dezmonn Nixon was fatally shot while walking with a 27-year-old woman in the Carr Square neighborhood of St. Louis. The two were on the 1400 block of North 14th Street around 9:30 a.m. when they were approached by two male suspects who opened fire. Nixon was struck in the face and chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The woman was also wounded — she suffered a gunshot to her leg while fleeing and was later found in the 1200 block of North 15th Street and taken to a hospital. Nixon lived on the 1800 block of North 43rd Street in East St. Louis. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Homicide Division is investigating; the two male suspects have not been identified or arrested.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Homicide Division or submit an anonymous tip to CrimeStoppers.