CRIME & SAFETY
Man and woman killed in double shooting; suspect in custody
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A man and woman were shot dead Sunday morning in north St. Louis County. According to detectives with the St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons, the shooting took place around 9:35 a.m. in the 10700 block of Wurdack Avenue, located in an unincorporated part of the county just south of St. Ann and west of Overland.
Driver flees after St. Louis crash kills woman
ST. LOUIS — A woman has died after being struck by a car in St. Louis City's Vandeventer Neighborhood late Friday night. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department says two pedestrians were walking across the intersection of Page Boulevard and Whittier Street around 11:30 p.m. when one of the pedestrians was struck by a car.
Eastbound MO-370 reopened in St. Louis County after tractor-trailer crash
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Eastbound Missouri Route 370 was shut down in north St. Louis County following a tractor-trailer crash. The truck could be seen from a Missouri Department of Transportation camera sideways, blocking all lanes of traffic. As of 7:15 p.m., the crash was cleared.
Man charged in deadly shooting on McKinley Bridge
ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis man was charged with murder Friday, more than a year after police said he shot and killed a man while driving on the McKinley Bridge. Brandon Allen, 34, was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action in connection with the March 4, 2023, shooting death of Douglas Sanders.
Man found guilty of murder in fatal shooting of Missouri officer
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man charged with killing a St. Louis police officer in 2020 was found guilty of murder Thursday. After a nearly two-week trial, a St. Louis jury convicted Thomas Kinworthy, 46, of first-degree murder and eight other charges in the death of 29-year-old Officer Tamarris Bohannon, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
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