On November 5, 2022, police in St. Louis responded to a residence in the 3900 block of Schiller Place in the Bevo Mill neighborhood and found two brothers fatally shot. Aaron Larron Smith, a 30-year-old Black male, and his younger brother Eric Emmanuel Smith, 29, were both pronounced dead at the scene. Eric suffered a gunshot to his side; Aaron was struck multiple times, including a wound to the head. Emergency personnel pronounced both deceased where they were found.

Authorities say the incident began as a domestic dispute: Eric had called Aaron for help during an argument involving his girlfriend and her twin sister. A 23-year-old, Austin Heflin, was taken into custody at the scene; witnesses said Heflin had been handed a firearm by his girlfriend and then fired, killing both brothers. Heflin was initially charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action, later reduced by a grand jury to voluntary manslaughter. Prosecutors later dismissed all charges after a key witness died by suicide and forensic evidence was said to support a self-defense claim.

Are there readers who knew Aaron or Eric, or who were in Bevo Mill on November 5, 2022 and saw anything that might shed light on what happened?