Saint Louis
CRIME & SAFETY
3-year-old killed in crash involving semi on eastbound I-70 at Grand
ST. LOUIS — A crash involving a car and a semitruck killed a 3-year-old girl Thursday morning. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department reported the crash at about 8 a.m. Thursday on eastbound Interstate 70 at Salisbury Street. According to a preliminary investigation, a Dodge Challenger was speeding and...
Gas station shooting in north St. Louis under investigation
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A gas station shooting that happened Tuesday night near Union and Bircher is under investigation. Police say one person suffered minor injuries around 11:42 p.m. First Alert 4 crews were on the scene and saw dozens of shell casings in the parking lot,...
Man charged with murder in deadly north St. Louis County gas station shooting
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A Metro East man was charged Thursday with murder in connection with a deadly shooting at a north St. Louis County gas station earlier this week. Unice Hobby IV, a 25-year-old Belleville man, was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with the deadly shooting of 20-year-old Dennis Cooperwood on Monday.
4 inmates stabbed at St. Louis Justice Center
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Four inmates were stabbed by another inmate Wednesday afternoon at the St. Louis Justice Center, which serves as the city’s jail, sources have told First Alert 4. The stabbings happened around 1:20 p.m. and EMS units were sent to the scene of...
Homicide detectives investigating a woman’s death in the Carondelet neighborhood
St. Louis Police are investigating a case of a seriously injured woman, initially thought to be a hit-and-run crash, but now investigating how the victim died, with residents expressing concerns about drug addiction and gunfire in the area.
Family paints roundabout at intersection involved in hit-and-run
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - As a 13-year-old boy recovers after a hit-and-run, a family is taking matters into their own hands to make sure the same kind of crash doesn’t happen again. At the intersection of Chippewa and Pennsylvania, where Kierra Hester said a driver ran...
St. Louis woman sentenced to 15 years in stabbing death of neighbor in 2022
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A woman from St. Louis was sentenced to 15 years in prison after admitting to fatally stabbing a neighbor in an apartment. According to court documents, Michelle Mitchell, 48, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the July 18, 2022, stabbing death of Robin Bonds.
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