Carlos Morton, 43, was shot and killed just before 6:15 a.m. on December 12, 2022, in the parking lot of the BP gas station on the 1400 block of Chouteau Avenue in Saint-Louis, Missouri. What began as a routine stop turned fatal and left his family and community reeling.

Investigators moved quickly and took three teenagers into custody in connection with the shooting. One of those detained was a 16-year-old who had escaped from the Hogan Street Regional Youth Center weeks earlier. Reports say that escape occurred on November 19, when the 16-year-old and a 17-year-old left the juvenile facility, and that the 16-year-old had since been identified by University City police as a person of interest in a separate shooting near Miller Park and accused of fleeing that scene in a stolen vehicle.

Morton’s family has voiced that they feel the system failed to protect the public. Does anyone have information about Morton, the suspects, or those events around Chouteau Avenue that could help clarify what happened?