Reginald Brandy

Reginald Brandy, a 31-year-old Black man from Jennings, Missouri, was in a relationship with Denetrice Jackson, 30. Her family described her as a happy person with a contagious smile and energy who loved her friends. On the day they were killed, the couple was out shopping for a birthday present for Jackson’s older son, who was turning 13 just two days later.

On the afternoon of Saturday, September 9, 2023, Brandy and Jackson were driving east on West Florissant Avenue in Jennings. At around 12:45 p.m., as their car neared the intersection with Buzz Westfall Drive, another vehicle approached and an occupant opened fire on them. St. Louis County Police responded to a call for a shooting and found the couple’s vehicle stopped in the eastbound lanes. Both Brandy and Jackson were inside with fatal gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene.

The violent deaths of Brandy and Jackson compounded a tragedy that had struck the Brandy family earlier the same year. In January 2023, Reginald’s father, Reginald Brandy Sr., was also the victim of a homicide, gunned down at his job in Maryland Heights. The family was devastated by the loss of two loved ones to gun violence in just eight months.

An investigation by the St. Louis County Police Department led to a suspect in the double homicide. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Davon Reid, a 33-year-old man from St. Louis, with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action. Following the charges in September 2023, Reid was held on a $1 million cash-only bond.