In the quiet neighborhood of Country Club Hills in north St. Louis County, the evening of Thursday, April 9, 2026, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Responding to a call at approximately 10:25 p.m., officers from the Country Club Hills Police Department arrived at the 5600 block of Gatesworth Avenue to a grim scene. There, they discovered two men who had been shot.
One of the victims was identified as Alex Taylor, a 29-year-old male from the 1300 block of North Garden Drive in St.
Louis. The other man was Demetrius Wagner, also 29, who resided on the same block where the shooting occurred. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene from their gunshot wounds, turning a residential street into the site of a double homicide investigation.
In the days that followed, the St. Louis County Police Department's Bureau of Crimes Against Persons took the lead in the investigation at the request of the Country Club Hills authorities. As of Monday, April 13, 2026, investigators had not taken any suspects into custody, and the details surrounding the circumstances of the shooting remained undisclosed to the public. The investigation is active and ongoing, with law enforcement appealing to the community for any information that might lead to an arrest. Anyone with knowledge of the incident is encouraged to contact the St. Louis County Police Department or to provide anonymous tips through CrimeStoppers.
