On August 12, 2015, Mykale Davon Donald, a 25-year-old African American male, was fatally shot in St. Louis, Missouri. His death occurred during a particularly violent night in the city, which saw multiple shootings leave four people dead and two others injured within a short span of hours. Mykale was discovered by authorities after the shooting, but the specific circumstances leading up to the gunfire were not immediately detailed in initial reports. He was remembered by friends and family as a loving son and father to his own children.
Mykale had survived a horrific family tragedy nearly two decades prior to his own murder. He was the son of Carmelita Donald, who was blinded in a 1996 shooting spree committed by her ex-boyfriend, John Winfield. John Winfield, who had helped raise Mykale, went on a rampage that claimed the lives of two other women. Mykale, who was a child at the time, was present in the home during the events that shattered his family. Winfield was executed by the state of Missouri in 2014, just a year before Mykale himself fell victim to gun violence in the same city.
Despite the high profile of his family's past legal battles, information regarding arrests or suspects specifically in the case of Mykale Donald’s death remains scarce in public records. His killing was one of several that took place overnight, straining police resources and contributing to a spike in homicide statistics for St. Louis that year. While police investigated the string of shootings from that evening, no specific individuals were publicly named as charged suspects in Mykale’s murder in the available reports.
