ID of 19-year-old victim in fatal Belleville shooting is released

A 19-year-old man who died from gunshot wounds sustained Saturday on North 38th Street in Belleville has been identified by the St. Louis Medical Examiner’s Office as DreShawn Mathis.

Tara Rick, a spokesperson for the medical examiner, said Mathis was pronounced dead at 9:23 p.m. Aug. 30 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

Belleville police said they were dispatched to Memorial Hospital at about 7:20 p.m. Saturday after Mathis was brought there seeking medical attention for gunshot wounds. He was then transported to a hospital in St. Louis.

Mathis was shot in the 500 block of North 38th Street, according to Belleville police.

The shooting remains under investigation. No further details were immediately available, police said.

This was the fourth fatal shooting reported in Belleville in 2025. No charges were filed in two of those cases, however.

A shooting in 500 block of N. 40th St. on July 13 was determined to have been in self defense. Another on April 20, Easter Sunday, was determined to be accidental.

Joseph P. Flagg of East St. Louis was charged with first-degree murder in the alleged shooting of 16-year-old Di’Rico V. Washington on North 81st Street on Feb. 3.

This story was originally published September 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM.