On the morning of August 19, 2015, at least 15 police officers and ATF agents[1] arrived at Ball-Bey's aunt's home in the Fountain Park neighborhood of St. Louis to execute a search warrant.
[1] Ball-Bey had no criminal history, but "photos found on his cellphone and YouTube videos show him wearing T-shirts naming a gang in St.
[1] The family's attorney claimed Ball-Bey was running from police when shot, explaining the bullet wound to the back.
"[2] In the afternoon of the same day, angry residents took to the streets of Fountain Park to express outrage at the killing of Ball-Bey.
[3] In 2017, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri (ACLU) filed a lawsuit over the police handling of protests following the killing of Ball-Bey.
[7][8] A few days after the shooting, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce announced that her office would conduct an investigation.
She stated that eyewitness accounts and other evidence showed that it could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the officers did not act in self-defense.