In the Walnut Park East neighborhood of St. Louis, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a Sunday night in November 2015, leaving a 40-year-old man fatally wounded. Yohance Brown was outside a residence on the 5200 block of Thrush when he was struck by multiple bullets.
Wounded, Brown managed to make his way into the home before he collapsed. He was rushed to a local hospital, but the severity of his injuries proved to be overwhelming, and he was pronounced dead. In the immediate aftermath, police had not released any information regarding a potential suspect or suspects in the shooting. The investigation into the violent death of Yohance Brown was launched, though details about any persons of interest or arrests were not made available in the initial reports.