Paige Buckner was 9 years old when she was fatally shot during an incident that also involved a deliberately set house fire in the Walnut Park West neighborhood of St. Louis just after midnight on December 21, 2025. Fire crews responding to a blaze in the 5700 block of Floy Avenue found Paige and an adult woman with gunshot wounds; Paige was taken to hospital in critical condition and later died that day. The woman, identified in news reports and family statements as Paige’s mother, LaTasha Brown, died the following day from a severe brain injury.

Investigators from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department treated the blaze as part of the attack, with the Bomb & Arson Unit and homicide detectives working the scene for evidence and possible surveillance footage. Police told the public they were following leads but had not announced an arrest in the days after the killings, and appeals for tips and potential rewards were made. Medical findings such as the examiner’s final determination were described as pending.

Did anyone in Walnut Park West see or record activity near the 5700 block of Floy Avenue around midnight on December 21, 2025?