On the morning of October 25, 2017, the community of Berkeley in St. Louis County, Missouri, was shaken by the discovery of a deceased individual on a residential street. Mark Fowler, a fifty-six-year-old male, was found lying on the side of the road in the 8200 block of Courtney Avenue. Authorities were alerted to the scene around 8:10 a.m., where first responders located the victim suffering from what appeared to be significant physical trauma.
Despite their arrival, he was pronounced dead at the location, marking the beginning of a homicide investigation that would soon involve county-level resources.
Detectives from the Berkeley Police Department initially responded to the call but quickly requested assistance from the St. Louis County Police Department to lead the inquiry. Upon further examination, it was determined that Fowler had sustained a fatal gunshot wound, which was ruled as the primary cause of his death. The St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons took over the case, processing the scene for evidence and attempting to piece together the timeline of events that led to Fowler’s death on that quiet morning.
In the wake of the discovery, law enforcement officials reached out to the public for assistance, urging anyone with information to contact the St. Louis County Police or CrimeStoppers. Despite these efforts to generate leads, public reports following the incident did not identify any immediate suspects or announce specific arrests connected to the shooting. The investigation remained active as detectives sought to uncover the circumstances surrounding how Fowler ended up on the roadside and the identity of the person or persons responsible for the act.
