Eddie Freeman, 50, was fatally shot at his Cahokia Heights, Illinois, home on October 10, 2023. Freeman had been paralyzed and used a wheelchair after a 2020 shooting in St. Louis County that also involved his daughter; that earlier attacker, Chicory Griffin of Bellefontaine Neighbors, received two life terms for the 2020 assault. Freeman required a live-in caregiver who was present the evening of October 10. Around 7 p.m. the caregiver heard a knock and admitted a man who said he was a relative of a neighborhood friend after Freeman approved. The man went to Freeman’s bedroom, shot him multiple times, then fled. Freeman was taken to a St. Louis hospital where he later died.

If anyone knew Eddie Freeman, was in that neighborhood that evening, or has information about who claimed to be a relative of a neighborhood friend, contact the authorities.