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Mikell Rayford

Case from Saint Louis, MO dated Mar 30, 2025

Victim Details

Mikell Rayford

Male

Black / African American

Saint Louis

MO

2025-03-30

27

Mikell

Rayford

07/18/2026

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In the late hours of a Sunday night in St. Louis, tragedy befell 27-year-old Mikell Rayford. On March 30, 2025, inside an apartment at the James House Apartments on St. Ferdinand Avenue, gunshots shattered the quiet. When police responded to the call just before midnight, they discovered Rayford with a gunshot wound to his torso. Emergency medical services arrived at the scene, but his injury was too severe, and he was pronounced dead. The male victim's life was cut short in The Ville neighborho ...
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  • https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/two-men-dead-in-separate-overnight-shootings-in-north-st-louis/
  • UPDATE: Man Shot, Killed in The Ville - St. Louis Police Department
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