In the quiet neighborhood of Castle Point in unincorporated north St. Louis County, the evening of September 18, 2021, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Just after 7:30 p.m., the advanced ShotSpotter system, designed to detect and locate gunshots, alerted the St. Louis County Police Department to an incident in the 10300 block of Royal Drive.
Officers arrived at the scene to a grim discovery. Lying in the street was 35-year-old Robert Smith, a resident of the very block where he was
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