Police are looking for the suspect or suspects involved in a double shooting, in the Walnut Park West neighborhood. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that authorities say the incident took place in 6300 block of Sherry Avenue sometime before 10pm. One man was found at the scene suffering a gunshot wound to the leg. He…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis police say officers shot and wounded a 14-year-old boy after he fired at officers. Police Chief Sam Dotson told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch the shooting occurred Sunday. Police say the wounded teenager, whose name hasn’t been released, was hospitalized in critical but stable condition. No officers were injured. Dotson says…
Police are investigating after a woman was shot in the neck Thursday evening while driving near the St. Louis Science Center. Authorities report, the woman was driving near Kingshighway and Oakland around 7:45 p.m. when she was shot The woman was taken to a hospital and said to be in serious condition. No further details…
NEW YORK (AP) – The parents of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen fatally shot in 2012 by a neighborhood watch volunteer, have a book coming out on Jan. 31. Spiegel & Grau announced Wednesday that it will release “Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin,” by Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin. The book,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Several members of the St. Louis-area clergy are questioning why it took four years for murder charges to be filed against a former city police officer who fatally shot a suspect. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that representatives of two Baptist organizations, the NAACP and the ACLU on Monday demanded more…
The fourth suspect, connected to the fatal shooting of a Central West End woman has been taken in custody. The Post Dispatch reports that 18 yr old Damonte Dixon, of O’Fallon, Mo., has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. 54 yr old Monica Shaw was killed, in an attempted robbery,…
( KTRS ) Police have a man in custody that could be connected to a fatal shooting in Spanish Lake. 26 yr old Alphonse Williams was fatally shot Tuesday night in the 1500 block of Bavona. Authorities report that the suspect was taken into custody after police pursued a vehicle they believe was connected to…
Two more men have been charged in the fatal shooting of a Central West End woman. 17 yr old Jermaine Stabler of St. Louis and 20 yr old and Ronald Harris of O’Fallon, Mo., were charged Tuesday with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and drug distribution charges. The suspected shooter, 18-year-old Xavier Perkins of O’Fallon,…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Spanish Lake. The shooting happened Tuesday evening in the 1500 block of Bavona. Police say the victim was a 26-year-old male who was shot at least two times in an apartment complex parking lot. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No further details have…
( KTRS ) Police say a suspected carjacker was fatally shot by the person he tried to rob. Investigators say the 52-year-old owner of the vehicle told police that when an armed man approached him and demanded his vehicle, he feared for his safety and fired his gun. The suspect then fled, but investigators say…