Jacob Ashford, 14, was found shot in the head on a porch on Northland Avenue in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood of St. Louis on the evening of December 3, 2022, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police response to a shooting call led to his discovery.

Investigators tied the killing to retaliation. The day before Jacob’s death, the son of Louzell Davis Jr. was killed during an attempted car theft that the son was allegedly committing with Jacob. Witnesses at the porch identified Davis as the shooter; he was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. The charge was later reduced in a plea deal to second-degree murder and armed criminal action, and Davis was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Jacob’s father said he did not believe the sentence was sufficient.

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