On the evening of June 4, 2022, 52-year-old Jimmie Trussell was found inside a vehicle in the 4700 block of Labadie Avenue in the Kingsway East neighborhood of St. Louis after sustaining a fatal gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. Authorities with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department were called to the scene at about 9:10 p.m., and investigators located Trussell, a Northwoods resident, inside the car.

In the days after the shooting, few details were released publicly. No suspects were identified and no arrests were announced; the case was entered into the St. Louis Homicide Tracker with date, location, and manner of death but little additional information. The motive and circumstances that led to the shooting remain unknown.

Anyone who was in the Kingsway East area on the evening of June 4, 2022, or who may have information about this incident is asked to come forward.