On the afternoon of December 27, 2022, 19-year-old Byrom Donald Jr. drove to the 12400 block of Kendelwood Drive in Black Jack with a female passenger to meet an acquaintance identified by the alias EJ for what was described as a marijuana-related transaction. The meeting turned violent when EJ approached the car, produced a weapon and demanded the return of a firearm he said he had traded to the victim weeks earlier. Shots were fired into the vehicle; Byrom Donald was struck in the face and neck and was pronounced dead at the scene. The female passenger was wounded in the back and survived.

St. Louis County homicide detectives developed the case through witness accounts and cell phone records that connected the alias EJ to Eric Anderson of St. Louis. Anderson was located and arrested on February 14, 2023, and charged by the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney with first-degree murder, assault, attempted robbery and three counts of armed criminal action; he was held on a cash-only bond. Is there anyone who witnessed the confrontation or has information about the events that day?