On the evening of December 12, 2017, Mialik R. Donelson, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot inside the New Way Market at 5457 Page Boulevard in St. Louis. Around 6:45 p.m. gunfire erupted in the store and Donelson collapsed; he was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. His death was recorded as the 200th homicide in the city for 2017.

Homicide detectives processed the market and reviewed surveillance footage that captured the attack and a male suspect described as mid-to-late teens, heavy set and about 5 feet 11 inches. Investigators later determined Donelson and the shooter were known to each other, which helped focus the inquiry. In May 2018 police arrested 17-year-old Tre von Marble (also reported as Tre'von Marble) and the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office charged him with first-degree murder and armed criminal action; a judge ordered he be held without bail.

If anyone has information about Donelson, his movements that evening, or the people he knew, please come forward to the investigators handling the case.