On the night of July 12, 2022, 35-year-old Rickey Jemore Lathan was in the front yard of his home on the 2500 block of Semple Avenue in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood of St. Louis with his two children, a 10-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter. The family was setting off fireworks when a single bottle rocket crossed the street and struck a neighbor’s house, touching off a confrontation.

Ronald Curry Sr. emerged from the residence to argue about the fireworks. During the dispute, two teenage residents of the house, Davon Griffin-Curry and his younger brother Devin Griffin-Curry, left the home armed with 9mm handguns and opened fire on Lathan in front of his children. Lathan was struck at least ten times and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say surveillance footage from a doorbell camera captured the brothers returning to the porch carrying weapons after the shooting. Both brothers were arrested and charged in connection with the homicide. If anyone has information about the shooting or remembers seeing activity in the area that night, please come forward.