Father Found Guilty of Shooting Son’s Football Coach in Playing Time Feud
February 28, 2025

ST. LOUIS, MO (February 28, 2025) — A jury found Daryl B. Clemmons, 45, guilty of shooting his son’s football coach, Shaquille Latimore, 34, in a dispute over coaching decisions. The shooting occurred on Oct. 10, 2023, near a practice field in Sherman Park in the Kingsway West neighborhood. A group of nine- and ten-year-olds were playing nearby.


Latimore was a volunteer coach for the City Rec Legends Football League. The two men had been at odds over the amount of playing time Clemmons’s son had been getting. The day of the shooting, Clemmons was at his son’s practice when he and Latimore got into a verbal argument. Both men were armed. Latimore handed his gun to a friend and told Clemmons they should fight with fists. Clemmons rejected that idea and shot Latimore five times. Clemmons then fled but turned himself in to police later that evening.


Clemmons was found guilty of assault and armed criminal action. He is scheduled to be sentenced on March 13, 2025. The case was prosecuted by Chief Trial Attorney Marvin O. Teer Jr. and Assistant Circuit Attorney Michael Ware.


“Violence, especially in youth sports, is completely unacceptable and undermines the purpose of these programs – teaching teamwork, discipline, and respect,” said Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore. “This could easily have been a lethal encounter for the coach as well as for the children and family members present. Unfortunately, the trauma of this event will not be easily forgotten by all those who witnessed it.”


The defendant’s case number is 2322-CR02422-01.

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For Immediate Release

For more information contact:

Amber Raub

Public Information Officer

St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office

rauba@stlouiscao.org

314-589-6233 (office)

314-312-9912 (cell)

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