James C. Riley III, 27, was found dead in the early morning of October 25, 2022, in the Vandeventer neighborhood of St. Louis. Emergency responders arrived about 7 a.m. to the 1100 block of North Sarah Street, just north of Finney Avenue, after reports of a shooting and discovered Riley unresponsive in the middle of the street with fatal puncture wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The St. Louis Police Department has classified the incident as a homicide and is investigating. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. Few additional details about the circumstances of the shooting have been released.

If anyone was in the Vandeventer area on the morning of October 25, 2022, or has information about Riley’s movements before the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.