An evening with friends at his girlfriend’s house in North St. Louis County turned tragic for 19-year-old Darrell Paige in February of 2016. The young man, a business student with a promising future, was in the living room with several other people when the residence was targeted in a drive-by shooting. Multiple gunshots were fired into the house from the outside, striking and killing Paige.
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, law enforcement officials had few leads to follow.
There was no description of the vehicle used in the commission of the crime, and authorities had not identified any potential suspects. The police indicated that it was unclear who the intended target of the barrage of bullets was. The case left a family searching for answers and pleading with the public for any information that might lead to an arrest.
Despite the family's pleas and a reward being offered for information, there have been no subsequent reports of arrests or the identification of any suspects in the years following the incident. The motive behind the shooting remains unclear, and the case of who killed Darrell Paige appears to have gone cold, leaving a lingering sense of injustice for a life cut short. His family remembers him as a positive example for his siblings, being the only one to graduate and go on to college.
