Justin J Welch

On the night of Friday, May 22, 2015, a young Black / African American man named Justin Welch, age 27, was killed in the West End of St. Louis. His life was cut short by gunfire around 11:05 p.m. in the 5500 block of Herbert Street, where he was discovered lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds to his head, face, hand, legs, and torso. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to police, Welch, a resident of the 900 block of Goodfellow, had gone to the area with the intenti ...