On the afternoon of August 17, 2022, a shooting near Romaine Place in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of St. Louis left 21-year-old Ethan Jones dead. Emergency dispatchers received reports just before 2:00 p.m.; officers found Jones unresponsive and not breathing, and a 14-year-old boy also wounded. Both victims were taken to a nearby hospital. Medical staff pronounced Jones dead; the teenager was reported in stable condition.

Jones lived in the Riverview neighborhood. Homicide detectives opened an investigation but in the days immediately after the shooting police reported they had no information on suspects. No arrests had been announced and the case remained active, with authorities asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Division or CrimeStoppers.

Did anyone in the Hamilton Heights area see or hear anything around 2:00 p.m. that day?