The evening of June 1, 2023, turned violent in the Downtown West neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, when gunfire erupted near a public landmark. Just before 9:00 p.m., first responders were called to the 1200 block of Chestnut Street, specifically to Poelker Park. There, near the Firefighters Memorial Statue, authorities discovered 32-year-old Derick Conley lying on the ground. He had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene. Conley was a resident of the
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