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Wesley Hughes

Case from Saint-louis, MO dated May 30, 2016

Victim Details

Wesley Hughes

Male

Black / African American

Saint-louis

MO

2016-05-30

24

Wesley

Hughes

07/29/2026

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On the afternoon of Memorial Day, May 30, 2016, a violent encounter unfolded in the parking lot of a grocery store in St. Louis County, Missouri. Wesley Hughes, a 24-year-old male, met with another individual at the Schnucks supermarket located in the 1500 block of Sierra Vista Plaza in the Spanish Lake area. The meeting, which took place in broad daylight around 12:45 p.m. amidst a parking lot full of holiday shoppers, was allegedly arranged for the purpose of a narcotics transaction.

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  • stltoday.com: Man shot to death on Schnucks parking lot in Spanish Lake during drug deal, police say
  • Wesley Hughes, age 24 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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    I can't stop thinking about the location where this tragedy happened—a grocery store parking lot i... ...Read More
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