On January 20, 2023, Michael Hampton, a 19-year-old Black male from Ferguson, Missouri, was fatally shot in St. Louis. The incident occurred late that Friday night, prompting a homicide investigation by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Hampton, who resided in the 9600 block of Venice Drive in St. Louis County, became one of the city's early homicide victims of that year.
Police received a call shortly before midnight, around 11:46 p.m., reporting a shooting victim at the emer
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