“They pointed all these guns at me,†said Kathy Cash, who puts on socks outside her apartment in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue that was raided by St. Louis police on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Cash asked city workers to take down a board over her door so she could collect her belongings and look for her wallet.
ST. LOUIS — Police arrested 13 people and cited dozens of others Thursday after raiding a condemned south St. Louis apartment complex and ordering everyone inside to get out.
Mitch McCoy, spokesman for the St. Louis Police Department, left, and Capt. Angela Dickerson provide the media with a briefing after police raided a condemned apartment complex in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
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Kathy Cash, left, and Angel Shorter walk to Cash’s apartment, which was boarded up after police raided a condemned apartment complex in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Cash was able to have city workers take down the board to her front door so she could collect her belongings and look for her wallet and ID, which were missing after the raid. Shorter is carrying Cash’s dog Mason.
David Carson, Post-Dispatch
Kathy Cash looks for her wallet and ID in her apartment after police raided a condemned apartment complex in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue on Thursday, April 2, 2026. She says police tossed her belongings around the apartment and that she was unable to find her wallet. She says she has lived in the apartment since August 2025.
David Carson, Post-Dispatch
“Where I’m I supposed to go†said Kathy Cash as she stands in the doorway to her apartment with her dog Mason after police raided a condemned apartment complex in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue on Thursday, April 2, 2026. She says police tossed her belongings around the apartment and is unable to find her wallet and phone. She says she has lived in the apartment since August of 2025.
David Carson, Post-Dispatch
Kathy Cash walks with her dog Mason through the apartment complex police raided in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
David Carson, Post-Dispatch
View life in St. Louis through the Post-Dispatch photographers' lenses. Edited by Jenna Jones.
City officials said Tuesday they would board up all the units by the end of the week, but several residents said they had no idea where they'd go.
“They pointed all these guns at me,†said Kathy Cash, who puts on socks outside her apartment in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue that was raided by St. Louis police on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Cash asked city workers to take down a board over her door so she could collect her belongings and look for her wallet.
Mitch McCoy, spokesman for the St. Louis Police Department, left, and Capt. Angela Dickerson provide the media with a briefing after police raided a condemned apartment complex in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
Kathy Cash, left, and Angel Shorter walk to Cash’s apartment, which was boarded up after police raided a condemned apartment complex in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Cash was able to have city workers take down the board to her front door so she could collect her belongings and look for her wallet and ID, which were missing after the raid. Shorter is carrying Cash’s dog Mason.
Kathy Cash looks for her wallet and ID in her apartment after police raided a condemned apartment complex in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue on Thursday, April 2, 2026. She says police tossed her belongings around the apartment and that she was unable to find her wallet. She says she has lived in the apartment since August 2025.
“Where I’m I supposed to go†said Kathy Cash as she stands in the doorway to her apartment with her dog Mason after police raided a condemned apartment complex in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue on Thursday, April 2, 2026. She says police tossed her belongings around the apartment and is unable to find her wallet and phone. She says she has lived in the apartment since August of 2025.
