On the evening of August 17, 2022, two men were found dead inside a vehicle parked near Garfield and North Newstead avenues in the Ville neighborhood of St. Louis. Both victims had multiple gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene; the car had visible bullet holes in the windshield and on the driver’s side door. One victim was identified as 30-year-old Montel Sanders of Woodson Terrace. The other was 20-year-old Jeremiah Jackson of Glen Echo Park.

St. Louis police arrested 16-year-old Jameer Johnson and charged him as an adult with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action in connection with the double homicide. He was ordered held without bond. Johnson also faced separate felony charges for assault and attempted escape from confinement arising from an incident on September 25 of the same year. The motive and the circumstances that led to the shooting have not been publicly detailed.

Did anyone in the area see activity around Garfield and North Newstead on the night of August 17, 2022, or have information that could help explain what happened?