On the afternoon of September 28, 2009, 16-year-old Toriano Ladaryl Porter II was standing on the sidewalk in front of 4873 St. Louis Avenue with two others when two unknown Black males approached and began firing. Porter sustained multiple injuries and died at the scene. The shooting occurred about 3:50 p.m. in daylight and the two shooters fled without being identified or captured.

Porter’s father described him as a troubled teen who had been planning to move to Kansas City to live with his father and try to leave a life of crime. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated the murder and the case remains open; St. Louis Regional Crime Stoppers continues to list it. No arrests have been made and the suspects are still at large.

If anyone was in the area that afternoon or has information about the two men who opened fire, please share what you know with investigators.