On Friday, July 29, 2022, 27-year-old male Deolandis Dabney was fatally shot while traveling in a vehicle on Interstate 55 in St. Louis, Missouri. The incident occurred around 12:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes of the highway near Gasconade Street. Authorities reported that Dabney was a backseat passenger in the car when he was struck by gunfire. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.
Two other individuals present in the vehicle at the time of the shooting were uninjured.
Following the shooting, homicide detectives from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death. Law enforcement officials indicated that the violence on the interstate might have been connected to a prior altercation that took place at the intersection of Gravois Avenue and Russell Boulevard. The shooting prompted the closure of the interstate's southbound lanes for several hours as investigators processed the scene.
Shortly after the incident, two men, aged 35 and 36, contacted the police and were subsequently taken into custody in south St. Louis County. While police confirmed these individuals were detained in connection with the investigation, specific details regarding formal charges or their identities were not immediately released in the initial reports. The case remained under active investigation by the department's homicide unit.
