On Apr 24, 2011 at approximately 2:45 am, Officer Daryl Hall was shot and killed when he confronted two gunmen outside a nightclub on South Fourth Street.

Officer Hall was at the nightclub at 800 South Fourth Streedt, when he heard gunshots outside. When he went outside to investigate, he encountered at least one gunman. He identified himself as a policeman. Shots were exchanged between Officer Hall and the gunman, in which Officer Hall was struck two times, once in the neck and in the bicep. He was transported to St Louis University Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds at 3:16 am.

One of the gunmen was also killed during the shooting, and the second gunman remains at large.

Officer Hall had served with the St. Louis Police Department for five years and was assigned to the Housing Authority Unit. He is survived by his mother and stepfather.