The early morning hours of December 23, 2018, in St. Louis, Missouri, were marked by a tragic discovery in the Fountain Park neighborhood. Police officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of Aubert Avenue around 4:06 a.m. following reports of a shooting. Upon arrival at the scene, investigators found a vehicle parked on the street with a female victim, 24-year-old Briauna Henley, in the driver's seat.
She had sustained fatal gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Inside the vehicle with Henley was a 3-year-old girl, who was found in the backseat. Fortunately, the child was physically unharmed during the incident but was present when the violence occurred. Just a short distance away, officers discovered a second victim lying in the street. He was identified as 25-year-old Kevin Brown, who had also been shot to death.
The double homicide was part of a violent holiday weekend in the city, which saw multiple fatal shootings within a short period. Homicide detectives processed the scene on Aubert Avenue, but initial reports indicated that law enforcement had no immediate information regarding a suspect or a motive for the killings. Public records and reports from the years following the incident do not indicate that an arrest has been made or that charges have been filed in connection with the deaths of Henley and Brown, suggesting the case remains unsolved.
