UPDATED at 9:30 a.m. Monday with victim's name.
ST. LOUISÌý— A ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ County man was fatally shot Sunday in an alley in north ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, police said.Ìý
Robert Lee JacksonÌýwas found in the alley in the 4700 block of Martin Luther King Drive shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday by police officers responding to a shooting call, police said. He died at the scene.
Jackson, 28, had lived in the 1500 block of James Patrick Lane in the Spanish Lake area of north ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ County.
Police on Monday said they do not have any suspects.
Jackson was the 222nd homicide of the year in ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ city. Police said there were 169 homicides at this time last year.
That block of Martin Luther King borders the Kingsway East, Lewis Place and Greater Ville neighborhoods of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
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Anyone with information can call the Homicide Division directly at 314-444-5371. Tipsters who want to remain anonymous and are interested in a reward can call CrimeStoppers at 866-371-8477.Ìý
HOMICIDES IN ST. LOUIS, 1970-2024
We calculated the homicide rate based on the total number of homicides reported by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Metropolitan Police Department, our archives, and the latest U.S. Census population estimates.ÌýÌý
The total number of homicides in ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ hit a historic high of 267 in 1993. But the population of the city then was much higher than it is today, and the homicide rate was 69 per 100,000 people.
The total number of homicides hit 263 in the pandemic year of 2020, giving a city with a much smaller populationÌýits highest-ever rate, 87.6 per 100,000 people.Ìý
This table was revised on March 12, 2025, to reflect the latest population estimates for the city for the years 2020 through 2024.Ìý
Sources: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Post-Dispatch archives;ÌýÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Metropolitan Police Department; U.S. Census.
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| Y·¡´¡¸é | POPULATION | HOMICIDES | RATE PER 100K |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 622,236 | 266 | 42.7 |
| 1971 | 602,600 | 220 | 36.5 |
| 1972 | 579,600 | 205 | 35.4 |
| 1973 | 539,300 | 215 | 39.9 |
| 1974 | 530,800 | 202 | 38.1 |
| 1975 | 514,000 | 241 | 46.9 |
| 1976 | 505,300 | 224 | 44.3 |
| 1977 | 486,800 | 195 | 40.1 |
| 1978 | 470,900 | 211 | 44.8 |
| 1979 | 457,500 | 265 | 57.9 |
| 1980 | 450,790 | 225 | 49.9 |
| 1981 | 454,166 | 264 | 58.1 |
| 1982 | 455,362 | 226 | 49.6 |
| 1983 | 457,262 | 152 | 33.2 |
| 1984 | 442,528 | 128 | 28.9 |
| 1985 | 431,109 | 169 | 39.2 |
| 1986 | 434,298 | 195 | 44.9 |
| 1987 | 429,414 | 153 | 35.6 |
| 1988 | 425,187 | 140 | 32.9 |
| 1989 | 405,066 | 158 | 39.0 |
| 1990 | 396,685 | 177 | 44.6 |
| 1991 | 399,858 | 260 | 65.0 |
| 1992 | 402,573 | 231 | 57.4 |
| 1993 | 387,053 | 267 | 69.0 |
| 1994 | 390,437 | 248 | 63.5 |
| 1995 | 371,425 | 204 | 54.9 |
| 1996 | 374,041 | 166 | 44.4 |
| 1997 | 377,221 | 153 | 40.6 |
| 1998 | 344,153 | 113 | 32.8 |
| 1999 | 340,836 | 130 | 38.1 |
| 2000 | 348,189 | 123 | 35.3 |
| 2001 | 350,336 | 148 | 42.2 |
| 2002 | 353,004 | 113 | 32.0 |
| 2003 | 340,256 | 74 | 21.7 |
| 2004 | 335,143 | 114 | 34.0 |
| 2005 | 346,005 | 131 | 37.9 |
| 2006 | 346,879 | 129 | 37.2 |
| 2007 | 348,197 | 138 | 39.6 |
| 2008 | 356,204 | 167 | 46.9 |
| 2009 | 355,208 | 143 | 40.3 |
| 2010 | 355,151 | 144 | 40.5 |
| 2011 | 320,454 | 113 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 318,667 | 113 | 35.5 |
| 2013 | 318,416 | 120 | 37.7 |
| 2014 | 318,574 | 159 | 49.9 |
| 2015 | 317,095 | 188 | 59.3 |
| 2016 | 314,507 | 188 | 59.8 |
| 2017 | 308,636 | 205 | 66.4 |
| 2018 | 302,838 | 186 | 61.4 |
| 2019 | 300,576 | 194 | 64.5 |
| 2020 | 300,315 | 263 | 87.6 |
| 2021 | 293,484 | 202 | 68.8 |
| 2022 | 286,292 | 201 | 70.2 |
| 2023 | 282,772 | 160 | 56.6 |
| 2024 | 279,695 | 150 | 53.6 |
