On the afternoon of August 31, 2016, 35-year-old Christopher Dwight Crawford was fatally shot in the Sherman Park neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The incident occurred around 1:20 p.m. near the intersection of North Kingshighway Boulevard and Highland Avenue. Crawford was found by responding officers suffering from a critical gunshot wound to the head.
Emergency responders transported Crawford to a local hospital for urgent medical treatment, but he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The shooting was described as a double shooting event; a second male victim at the scene sustained a graze wound to the hip but declined medical attention.
At the time of the homicide, St. Louis Metropolitan Police homicide detectives launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the violence. Initial reports indicated that no suspects were immediately taken into custody, and police did not release a description of a potential shooter in the days following the attack. The case was added to the city's growing list of unsolved homicides for that year, with investigators appealing to the public for information.
