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Police investigate homicide
From Staff Reports
Posted: Friday, November 19, 2010 2:48 pm

ST. LOUIS - Detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a man about 10:40 a.m. today in an alley in the 4700 block of Sacramento Avenue.

According to police, witnesses heard two men arguing in the alley and then a gunshot. A man in his 20's was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are withholding his identity until relatives are notified.

Anyone with information is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-8477.
 
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Driver shot to death in St. Louis
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Posted: Monday, November 22, 2010 8:00 am
UPDATED 11:15 a.m. with victim's name, further details on shooting.

ST. LOUIS ”�¢ A 28-year-old man was shot in the chest while driving on Riverview Drive near Hall Street about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, police said.

The man’s car then crashed into the porch of a house in the 9000 block of Riverview.

On Monday, police identified the driver as Tarrell Wesley Morris, 28. He was pronounced dead at a hospital Sunday night.

Police said Morris was shot about 5:30 p.m. after leaving a gas station parking lot in the 8800 block of Broadway. He drove off but crashed into the home on Riverview.

No arrests have been made. Police released no motive for the killing.
 
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St. Louis man shot to death inside his apartment
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Posted: Monday, November 22, 2010 10:53 am

ST. LOUIS ”�¢ The man shot to death in his apartment Sunday night in the 1300 block of Union Boulevard has been identified as Tyrone Devoil, 43, of St. Louis.

Devoil was shot in the abdomen about 7:45 p.m. Sunday. He died later at a hospital.

Police reported no arrests in the case.
 
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Chase follows shootings of four at St. Louis market
BY DENISE HOLLINSHED
Posted: Monday, November 22, 2010 3:06 pm

ST. LOUIS ”�¢ Police are trying to sort out a shooting at a store that left four people with gunshot wounds and triggered a car chase through city streets.

Authorities were called to Yeatman Market, at Athlone and Carter avenues, just before 2 p.m. They found four men who had been shot, all with non-life-threatening injuries.

A witness told a Post-Dispatch reporter that he was outside the store when a white Chevrolet Malibu or similar car pulled up. Two men inside had guns and opened fire when four men came out of the store, the witness said. The 45-year-old witness, who lives in the neighborhood, didn't want to give his name because he feared reprisal.

One of the injured men was grazed by a bullet. Three others had more serious wounds but their injuries were described as not life-threatening, police said.

The men ran back into the store and clustered at the back, witnesses said.

"It was chaos," said Zuhdi Masri, the store owner. "They had to run for cover."

The men were taken to a hospital for treatment. Masri said one had been hit in the hip, one in the buttocks and one in the toe. The one who was grazed was injured in the leg.

All four men were in their 20s or 30s, police said.

Police chased a white Chevrolet Impala from near the market. The driver fled along city streets and for a time along Interstate 70, according to police radio transmissions. The car finally crashed at College and West Florissant avenues.

Police said they arrested a man but aren't sure how or whether he was involved in the shootings. They were still piecing together what happened.

Masri and his employees were cleaning up at the store about 3:30 p.m., sweeping up broken glass and wiping up blood.
 
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ST. LOUIS > Two killings might be linked
Staff reports
Posted: Thursday, November 25, 2010 12:00 am

A teenage boy and a man were killed in separate drive-by shootings several minutes apart Tuesday that may have involved the same area, police said.

Travion Harris, 14, was wounded in the chest about 5:06 p.m. when several shots were fired from a passing car in the 2900 block of Hebert Street. He died in his home, on the same block.

The car was believed to be a red Chevrolet or Pontiac. At 5:13 p.m., about 15 blocks away, someone in a red sedan, possibly a Pontiac, fired shots that hit Robert Rucker, 20, in the head as he drove north on Glasgow Avenue at Benton Street with two passengers.

Rucker, who lived in the 3200 block of Liberty Street, died at the scene. No one has been arrested in either attack.

A car that may have been used in one or both attacks was found abandoned about two miles away, in the 4400 block of Red Bud Avenue.
 
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St. Louis man gets prison for shooting
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 12:00 am

Willie James Douglas, 21, was sentenced Friday in St. Louis Circuit Court to 30 years in prison for his role in a gang-related shooting in 2008, and 25 years in prison to be served concurrently for a series of armed robberies in 2009.

Cortez Johnson, 34, was fatally shot from a moving car on Oct. 26, 2008, in the 2900 block of Hebert Street.

Douglas, of the 2000 block of Obear Avenue, had previously pleaded guilty to 16 counts of robbery and one count of armed robbery as well as second-degree murder and other charges related to that incident.
 
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Two men charged in St. Louis murder
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 12:00 am

Malcolm Johnson, 19, of the 1100 block of Veronica Avenue, and Jessie L. Hampton, 19, of the 800 block of Elias Avenue, were named in indictments last week charging them with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man in the St. Louis Place neighborhood July 12.

The victim, Ralph Hill, 26, of the 3900 block of Compton Avenue, was shot and died at the scene. Another man was shot several times, lost a finger on his right hand and now has limited use of his left hand, according to court documents.

The indictment also charges Johnson and Hampton with assault and armed criminal action.
 
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St. Louis police officer recovering from gunshot, suspect arrested
BY CHRISTINE BYERS
Posted: Thursday, November 25, 2010 10:56 am

A 27-year-old St. Louis police officer is recovering from a gunshot wound after a suspect opened fire on him while he was on patrol in North St. Louis.

The officer was patrolling near the 4600 block of Margaretta at about 12:15 a.m. this morning when he saw a man acting suspiciously at Cora and Margaretta avenues.

The officer pointed his vehicle's spotlight at the man and without warning, the man suddenly turned toward the officer, pointed a weapon and opened fire.

Multiple shots pierced the driver's side of the officer's vehicle. One bullet struck the officer in the buttock.

The suspect ran north toward the rear of the 4000 block of Cora Avenue toward a multi-family flat. EMS workers arrived and took the officer to Barnes Jewish Hospital, where he was treated and released.

Officers along with the SWAT/Hostage Response Team surrounded a residence along the 4000 block of Cora Avenue. They stormed the residence at about 3 a.m. and found a suspect matching the shooter's description along with a gun matching the description of the gun used in the shooting.

The suspect has been arrested and charges are pending against him.
 
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Bridgeton man charged in shooting of St. Louis police officer
BY CHRISTINE BYERS
Posted: Friday, November 26, 2010 2:00 pm
UPDATE 2:08 p.m. with charges.

A 22-year-old man was charged today with assault on a law enforcement officer, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon after police say he opened fire on an officer just after midnight Thursday.

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Arthur Jones, of the 4200 block of Gardenview Drive in Bridgeton, is now being held on a $250,000 bond.

Our earlier story:

A 27-year-old St. Louis police officer is recovering from a gunshot wound after a suspect opened fire on him while he was on patrol in North St. Louis.

The officer was patrolling near the 4600 block of Margaretta at about 12:15 a.m. this morning when he saw a man acting suspiciously at Cora and Margaretta avenues.

The officer pointed his vehicle's spotlight at the man and without warning, the man suddenly turned toward the officer, pointed a weapon and opened fire.

Multiple shots pierced the driver's side of the officer's vehicle. One bullet struck the officer in the buttock.

The suspect ran north toward the rear of the 4000 block of Cora Avenue toward a multi-family flat. EMS workers arrived and took the officer to Barnes Jewish Hospital, where he was treated and released.

Officers along with the SWAT/Hostage Response Team surrounded a residence along the 4000 block of Cora Avenue. They stormed the residence at about 3 a.m. and found a suspect matching the shooter's description along with a gun matching the description of the gun used in the shooting.

The suspect has been arrested and charges are pending against him.
 
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Police seek man they say shot at officers
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Posted: Saturday, November 27, 2010 10:54 am

ST. LOUIS - Police are looking for a man authorities say fired shots at them early Saturday morning.

A police spokeswoman said a man fired a rifle at officers who had just arrested a woman at West Florissant and Prairie avenues at 3:30 a.m.

Police ran after the man but did not shoot back, the spokeswoman said.

Police dogs picked up the man's scent and tracked him to a four-family apartment building about three blocks away in 2100 block of Linton Avenue where a standoff began.

Police later entered the building and interviewed residents inside but did not find the suspect. No one was hurt.

Investigators found no weapons inside.
 
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Police identify man fatally shot in St. Louis
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Posted: Monday, November 29, 2010 8:43 am

ST. LOUIS ”�¢ Police today identified a man fatally shot Sunday afternoon in St. Louis as Dominique R. McElroy, 20, of the 3400 block of Wisconsin Avenue.

Police said McElroy was shot several times in his chest, back and foot about 4:40 p.m. in the 3700 block of North Market Street. Witnesses told police they saw McElroy running before collapsing from his wounds.

He was later pronounced dead at a St. Louis hospital. Police said they are looking for a black Dodge Charger with tinted windows, a spoiler and shattered driver's side window.
 
Police: 2 killed at St. Louis funeral home

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A shooting during a funeral for a homicide victim appears to be gang-related, St. Louis, Missouri, Police Chief Dan Isom said Tuesday.

Two people were killed, and at least two others were wounded, police said.

The incident occurred at Reliable Funeral Home on Washington Boulevard just before noon, St. Louis Police said.

"We're trying to piece it all together," Isom said. "It's an ongoing feud that we have between gangs in North St. Louis. This is another product of this feud that is going on."

One wounded person was in critical condition, police said. Witnesses reported that a fourth person who was shot fled the scene. Isom said that victim was dropped off a hospital.

Details were sketchy, but police said the shooter was inside the funeral home and went outside. It was not clear whether the victims were inside or outside the building.

No one was in custody mid-Tuesday afternoon
 
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Boy, 8, injured in St. Louis shooting
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Posted: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 9:30 am
UPDATED, 11:10 a.m. Tuesday

ST. LOUIS ”�¢ An 8-year-old boy was shot in the back Monday night as he was riding in a car near the intersection of Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street, police said.

A bullet also grazed the boy's 31-year-old father, who was driving the car.

Police say it appears that boy's father was the intended target.

The shots were fired from an assailant in a passing car at about 6:40 p.m. Monday as the father and son drove south in the 2900 block of Spring Avenue. The father drove to the 3800 block of Enright Avenue to report the shooting and get medical care for his son.

The boy on Tuesday was being treated at a local hospital. His father refused medical care. Police described the boy's condition Tuesday as "stable."

A police spokeswoman provided no further details Tuesday morning on the boy's condition, the shooting itself or any description of the car from which the shots were fired.
 
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Two dead in shooting outside St. Louis funeral home
BY NICHOLAS J.C. PISTOR AND JESSE BOGAN
Posted: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 12:17 pm
UPDATED at 3:45 p.m.

ST. LOUIS ”�¢ Two mourners were killed and at least one other wounded today when gunfire erupted outside a funeral home.

Chief Dan Isom said the shootings at the Reliable Funeral Home in Midtown are the product "of an ongoing feud between gangs in St. Louis."

Isom said no shots were fired inside the funeral home, but "we do know there were shots being fired right outside of the funeral."

Police said the suspects are three black males. The victims were attending the funeral in the 3900 block of Washington Boulevard for homicide victim David Terell Davis Sr. He was found dead in a yard on Nov. 19.

Police said the funeral home shooting was possibly in retaliation for a gangland feud related to Davis' murder.

Nelson Thomas, 82, president and owner of Reliable Funeral Home, stressed that no shots were fired inside his business.

"The only thing I heard was..boom, boom, boom, and that's all," Thomas said. "I didn't look out to see what's going on.”��

Thomas said he dove underneath a desk in the office. Meanwhile a lot of family members ran outside and tried to resuscitate some of the people who had been hit.

A woman who declined to give her name said she was attending the funeral when she heard loud gunshots.

"Everybody started running," she said.

The woman said she heard about eight shots outside the funeral home.

Apparent blood was visible on a cement driveway right in front of the funeral home.

Two victims were taken to hospitals, where they died. A third victim was in critical condition.

Witnesses reported a fourth person was shot and ran from the scene. Police have not found the person or confirmed how that person was involved.

Two different shell casings were found at the scene on the street in front of the funeral home.
 
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St. Louis police ID Florissant man found dead in car
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Posted: Monday, December 6, 2010 10:09 am

ST. LOUIS ”�¢ The man found shot to death in a car Sunday night has been identified as Raymond Allen Jackson, 41, of Florissant.

Police say Jackson had been shot in the head. Police found him slumped over in the driver's seat of a car at 7:43 p.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of Amherst Place in St. Louis. He was dead at the scene.

Homicide detectives are investigating. Police released no motive in the killing.
 
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Police ID St. Louis County motorist shot to death on Kingshighway
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Posted: Monday, December 13, 2010 11:51 am

ST. LOUIS ”�¢ A young man who was shot to death as he drove on Kingshighway near Interstate 70 early Saturday has been identified as Eric Dorsey, 22, of St. Louis County.

Police say Dorsey was shot several times about 2:40 a.m. Saturday. He died at a local hospital. A 19-year-old man who was riding in Dorsey's car sustained cuts and scrapes from shattered glass.

Police say Dorsey had been driving north on Kingshighway, being followed by another car. As Dorsey's car approached I-70, the shots were fired.

The victims had been in a dispute earlier in the evening in St. Louis County. Police are trying to determine if the shooting had any connection to that dispute. No arrests have been made.

Dorsey lived in the 2500 block of Maywood Avenue in St. Louis County.
 
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Man shot after St. Louis basketball game dies
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 2:42 pm

ST. LOUIS ”�¢ A Spanish Lake man shot after an argument at a basketball game Monday night died this morning.

St. Louis police identified the man as Tyrice Spencer Jr., 19, of the 400 block of Kirkwall Drive.

Spencer was shot about about 7:35 p.m. in the 3500 block of Franklin Avenue, about a block east of Grand Center.

Police said Spencer was found in a car and had been shot in the head.

Spencer had apparently been involved in a quarrel at a basketball game :rolleyes: at Clyde C. Miller Academy. Security officers escorted several people out of the building. A few minutes later, shots were fired.

Witnesses saw a car, possibly a Chevrolet Monte Carlo with tinted windows, drive off.

Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-8477.
 
Witnesses saw a car, possibly a Chevrolet Monte Carlo with tinted windows, drive off.
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I see they didn't mention the 50 inch wheels.
 
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Gunman shoots man in north St. Louis, flees area
Updated: 1 day ago

St. Louis, Missouri (KSDK)-- Police say they know who they're looking for, it's now a matter of finding him after a Tuesday afternoon shooting left another man hospitalized.

Investigators say the 36 year old victim and two friends had dropped off the gunman in the 4300 block of St. Louis Avenue around 3 Wednesday afternoon.

The victim and friends then returned to the same block on St. Louis and the gunman, who they had just dropped off, pulled out a gun began shooting.

The victim was hit by a bullet to the arm and is listed in stable condition. Neither of his friends were injured in the attack.

St. Louis Police say they are now searching for the 28 year old suspect.
 
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St. Louis man killed by intruders, police say
BY JOEL CURRIER
Posted: Monday, December 20, 2010 12:00 am

ST. LOUIS ”�¢ Police say a St. Louis man may have been shot to death by intruders ransacking his apartment Saturday night.

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Michael C. "Mac" Hayes Jr., 32, was found fatally shot about 9:20 p.m. at his apartment in the 4500 block of Alice Avenue, police said.

Police responding to a call for "shots fired" found the front door to Hayes' apartment ajar and him in his bedroom shot in the neck. Detectives are looking for two men in their 20s who apparently broke into Hayes' apartment and killed him when he interrupted them.

Hayes' next door neighbor Corey Rhoden, 31, said he heard loud banging on Hayes' front door a few minutes after Hayes had left his apartment about 9 p.m.

Rhoden said he called Hayes on his cell phone after spotting two men — whose faces were cloaked by hooded jackets — force their way in through the front door.

"These guys had to be watching (Hayes) leave the house," Rhoden said. "They crashed in."

Hayes returned a couple of minutes later, parked his car out front and sprinted upstairs to confront them, Rhoden said.

"I heard one gunshot," Rhoden said, followed by hurried footsteps toward the back door of the apartment building. Rhoden then called police.

Hayes' sister Anita Watson, 39, of St. Louis, described Hayes as an easygoing, ambitious person who loved music and tried to support musicians in St. Louis.

She said he graduated from Sumner High School and had recently been laid off from a factory job. Watson said he had recorded a couple hip-hop demos and was hoping to open his own recording studio soon. She said he was not married and had no children.

"He didn't deserve this," Watson said. "He was coming in to protect what was rightfully his, what he had earned."

Hayes' father, Michael Hayes Sr., 43, was fatally shot April 16, 2001, along with two other men in a house in the 4300 block of Farlin Avenue in what police called drug-related murders.
 
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