Subject: Shootings

• The Big Bloody: Maggie O'Brien's Bartender Killed in Violent Night That Leaves Three Dead

  The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department reports this morning that three people died from gunshot wounds in the city last night. Two of the deaths -- involving the murder of a downtown St. Louis bartender -- may be related. Police say that around 11:45 p.m. last night a white male bartender in his early 30s was shot during a robbery attempt at Maggie O'Brien's, at 20th & Market streets (just a block up the street from the scene of a grisly, triple homicide last month.)View Larger MapThe

  June 2, 2009

• Battle of the Beats Update: Another Shooting

  September 10, 2007

• The Big Bloody: Man Charged in Murder of Centreville Cop

  Lemuel Antwan HoustonPolice have charged 22-year-old Lemuel Antwan Houston in the shooting death Tuesday of Centreville police officer Lt. Gregory Jonas. Houston allegedly killed Jonas because he did not want to get booked on a gun charge. Jonas had stopped Houston in the early morning hours outside the Elder Smith Senior Apartments in Centreville while on patrol. Houston is apparently well known to Metro East law officers. He is being held in undisclosed location to ensure his safety. Bond has

  June 5, 2009

• The Big Bloody: Centreville Police Officer Shot and Killed

  Centreville police officer Lt. Gregory Jonas was shot and killed early this morning while patrolling the Ernest Smith Senior Apartments in the Metro East city. Jonas, 58, was in uniform around 2:30 a.m. when someone came up behind the veteran officer and shot him in the back of the head. He died on the scene in the 4700 block of Tudor Avenue.View Centreville Police Officer Murdered Early This Morning, June 2 in a larger mapA resident of the apartment complex told stltoday.com that Jonas was well

  June 2, 2009

• Boy Shot in North City Alley; Neighbor Saw Teens Playing with Sawed-Off Shotgun

  A 14-year-old boy is listed in critical condition today after being shot in an alleyway in the 4200 block of Shreve Avenue last night around 9:30 p.m. View 14-Year-Old Shot In North City Alley in a larger mapA neighbor tells the Post-Dispatch that he saw a group of teenage boys playing in the alley with a sawed-off shotgun minutes before hearing a blast. The boys then fled, leaving the neighbor to wait with the victim -- first name, Andy -- while police and paramedics arrived. The boy was shot i

  May 29, 2009

• I'll Probably Die in That Chair: Legendary St. Louis attorney Frank Anzalone can't envision a time when he'll no longer be practicing law

  March 4, 2009

• Shot in the Arms: Police say the grandson of former St. Louis mayor Alfonso J. Cervantes was wounded in a drug deal involving Clayton High School students

  December 10, 2008

• Who Killed Robert Walker?: Court testimony offers hints to an unsolved murder

  October 22, 2008

• John Ray used to own a tavern in Benton Park. Now he lives in Quincy and dabbles in conspiracy theory.

  April 2, 2008

• Parade Charade

  The search for the real reason for moving the Annie Malone Parade

  March 15, 2006

• Battle of the Beats

  September 5, 2007

• Flyleaf

  July 18, 2007

• Tech N9ne

  Tuesday, November 15; Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)

  November 9, 2005

• Battle Lines

  August 23, 2006

• Crash and Burn

  Fire chief is killed after ex-con flees

  March 23, 2005

• Up Beat

  Linear narratives are for chumps. Expand your horizons with William S. Burroughs' Towers Open Fire.

  January 5, 2005

• A Shot in the Arm

  A federal appeals court says Darryl Burton might very well be innocent of the 1984 murder of Donald Ball. But there's nothing they can do about it.

  November 3, 2004

• All Oddz on Me

  Think you know who killed 2Pac? Wanna bet?

  September 8, 2004

• Shot in the Act

  Two off-duty St. Louis County cops. One dangerous game.

  December 24, 2003

• Open Season

  Police crackdown on guns and gangs runs into Way of the Gun mentality

  October 30, 2002

• Deadly Dilemma

  September 18, 2002

• Lead Into Gold

  December 12, 2001

• Good Cop? Bad Cop?

  October 17, 2001

• Easy Answers

  July 11, 2001

• Who's Next?

  May 23, 2001

• Black and Blue

  May 16, 2001

• Anti-Community Policing

  June 21, 2000

• Officers Survive Close Call as Man Fires Shot Through Windshield of Police Cruiser

  Two St. Louis police officers are lucky to be alive following a chase early Wednesday morning though the Tower Grove South Neighborhood. Police report seeing a stolen vehicle driving erratically, and later running a red light at approximately 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. The car later turned the wrong way down a one-way stretch of McDonald Avenue and crashed into a four-family flat at the intersection of Gustine and McDonald avenues. View Larger Map

  May 8, 2009

• The Big Bloody: Teenager Killed After Shooting at McDonald's Drive-Thru

  Timothy A. Cherry Jr., 19, was in the drive-thru lane of a north county McDonald's last night around 10 p.m. when he was shot by an unknown assailant.View Larger MapThe McDonald's near the corner of Natural Bridge and Lucas and Hunt. Cherry, of the 5900 block of Drury in north St. Louis, was able to steer his PT Cruiser three blocks away from the Northwood's restaurant before crashing the vehicle. He died at the scene. Three other people inside Cherry's car were uninjured from gunfire but taken

  May 15, 2009

• The Big Bloody: 15-Year-Old Killed Saturday in Drive-By Shooting

  Brion Kimble was sitting in a vehicle Saturday night in the 4100 block of St. Louis Avenue when he was struck by gunfire from a passing auto. Kimble, 15, of the 4000 block of Aldine Avenue in north city, died at the scene. A second victim, a man in his 30s, was shot in the head and is in critical condition. The incident occurred around 8:20 p.m. May 23. Police have yet to identify suspects in the shooting. View Larger Map

  May 26, 2009

• The Big Bloody: Teen Dies From Monday Shooting

  Nineteen-year-old Joseph Robinson has died from a gunshot wound to the head that he sustained on Monday. View Larger MapThe teen was found lying on the sidewalk around 9 p.m. Monday night in the 2700 block of Marcus Avenue in north St. Louis. Witnesses reported hearing several gunshots and seeing Robinson fall to the ground.Based on crime statistics released earlier this week, Robinson would be the city's 50th homicide victim of the year.Anyone with information regarding Robinson's death may lea

  June 5, 2009

• Police Make Arrests In Maggie O'Brien's Homicide

  The St. Louis police have identified three men they believe are responsible for the robbery-turned-homicide last week at Maggie O'Brien's bar and restaurant downtown that left bartender Michael Dolan dead from gunshot wounds.  Police say one of the suspects from that night was Derrick Bell, a man who was dropped off at the hospital minutes after the botched robbery. Bell, who was also suffering from a gunshot wound, died following surgery.Now this next tidbit isn't in the official police re

  June 10, 2009

• Attorney General Wants Racist Executed for Murders; Fashion Police Want Him for Hitler Haircut

  Joseph Franklin rockin the Hitler haircut.Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster today called for the Missouri Supreme Court to set an execution date for Joseph Franklin. Franklin was convicted in 1997 of murdering Gerald Gordon -- twenty years after he shot and killed him in the parking lot of a St. Louis area synagogue. Franklin also was convicted of shooting two other men in the same synagogue parking lot following a bar mitzvah in 1977."Joseph Franklin planned out and committed a heinous cri

  June 16, 2009

• Wild Morning in East St. Louis: Two Shot, One Killed; Third Victim Found Dead in Rug

  Shamario Williams became East St. Louis' tenth homicide victim of the year when the 23-year-old was shot and killed around 1 a.m. this morning in the Roosevelt Homes public housing complex. Williams was a resident of the housing community (pictured below) near the intersections of North 44th Street and Bunkum Road. A second victim, described as a 17-year-old male, was also shot around the same time this morning in the housing community. He is in stable condition. Police did not know if the vict

  June 23, 2009

• St. Louis Homicides Down 30 Percent for First Six Months of '09; Teen Murders On Pace for Lesser Declines

  As of today (July 1) the year is half over. And according to numbers provided by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, homicides are down nearly 30 percent compared to 2008.  As of Monday (June 29), the police reported 60 murders in the city in 2009 compared with 85 by mid-year 2008. Given that clip, St. Louis would end up with 120 homicides in 2009, down from the 167 killings that occurred in the city during an extremely violent 2008. (Last year's homicides were the most the city h

  July 1, 2009

• The Big Bloody: 60-Year-Old Man Guns Down Teen

  Johnnie Pulley, Jr.Yesterday we reported how the rate of teenage homicides in St. Louis isn't falling as fast as the overall decline in murders this year. And true to form, the second half of 2009 (which began yesterday, July 1) started out with a fresh teen homicide. This one, though, was somewhat unusual because of the age of the gunman. Police say 60-year-old Johnnie Pulley Jr. gunned down 17-year-old Brandon Colenburg in cold blood yesterday in the 700 block of North Union Blvd. (near the in

  July 2, 2009

• Teen Suspected of Shooting Berkeley Officer is Caught

  Police HandoutDevante ThomasThe sixteen-year-old suspected of shooting a Berkeley police officer has been caught, less than 24-hours after the incident occurred, reports the Post-Dispatch.Police report that Devante Thomas was captured around 10 a.m. in an area around Florissant. Thomas allegedly shot the officer, whose name is being withheld at this time, around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. A manhunt ensued thereafter. Thomas was considered "armed and dangerous" and was known to the officer. The mugshot

  July 23, 2009

• The Big Bloody: Former Prisoner Shot to Death After Leaving Halfway House

  A former federal prisoner was shot to death this morning in north St. Louis just moments after leaving a halfway house. The victim, whose identity has yet to be made public, left the Dismas House near the intersection of Kinghshighway and Cote Brilliante around 7:30 a.m. this morning. View Larger MapThe 5000 block of Cote Brilliante as seen from Kingshighway.He was sitting in a car across the street from the halfway house minutes later when a van pulled alongside his vehicle and several sho

  July 28, 2009

• UPDATED: Shooting Investigation Closes Poplar Street Bridge This Morning, Initial Reports Suggest Ties to East Side Nightclub

  flickr.com/photos/bkrammeThe Poplar Street Bridge (foreground) as viewed looking toward East St. Louis. ​All westbound lanes of the Poplar Street Bridge were closed this morning at 7 a.m. for about 15 minutes as St. Louis police searched for evidence tied to a double-shooting.Details are scare but KMOV has the scoop:The shooting happened around 4:00 a.m. on Tuesday at a night club in the Metro-East.Authorities say that a 24-year-old woman was shot to death and a male victim was also shot and s

  August 4, 2009

• The Big Bloody: Gunmen Attack North City Dice Game -- One Dead, Three Wounded

  Street gambling turned deadly last night in the 2800 block of Hadley in St. Louis -- just a few blocks from a popular north city restaurant. St. Louis police say the victims were playing a "dice game" outside a residence near the intersection of Hadley and Wright streets when "at least three black males snuck into the backyard where the victims and others were gathered and started shooting."Bing Maps​

  August 12, 2009

• FoodWire: Murder at Eat Rite

  A 30-year-old woman was shot to death just outside Eat-Rite Diner (622 Chouteau Avenue) Sunday. My colleague Chad Garrison has the details at the Daily RFT:Police have identified the woman shot to death outside the Eat-Rite diner early Sunday night. Shevette Chambers, 30, ate at the popular restaurant near Busch Stadium around 3 a.m. Sunday with a group of friends -- including her murderer.

  August 17, 2009

• The Big Bloody: Another Shooting at The Pink Slip Strip Club

  Wikimedia Commons​For the second time this month, a man was shot at the Brooklyn strip club the Pink Slip, the Belleville News-Democrat reports. This time the shooting was not deadly. Details are scarce but here's the rub:A St. Louis man was shot inside a nightclub early Sunday.According to Illinois State Police, a man was shot during a verbal fight at about 3:27 a.m. Sunday inside the Pink Slip Nightclub. The victim was Amos Blanchard, 35, of St. Louis, and he was transported to an area

  August 24, 2009

• Three People Shot, One Found Dead in Separate Incidents Last Night

  Two women were shot last night around 10:30 p.m. in the 5800 block of Selber Court in north St. Louis. View Larger MapAccording to police, four subjects in a dark green four-door vehicle came to a stop at the corner of Selber and Goodfellow. From the driver's side window, one of the suspects in the car "yelled out something referencing a gang." Witnesses then heard a shot.

  September 10, 2009

• The Big Bloody: Police Arrest Suspect for Murder Outside Peek-a-Boo Strip Club

  Dorian Boyd​Here's an update to a story we posted last week. Police in Illinois believe they've nabbed the man who shot and killed 22-year-old Dion E. Hardin last week as Hardin left Club Peek-a-Boo in Brooklyn, Illinois. Hardin was shot just as he left the Metro East strip club in the early morning hours of Tuesday, September 22. This past Tuesday (September 29) police arrested Dorian E. Boyd, 25, on charges of first-degree murder. Boyd is being held on a $1 million bond.

  October 2, 2009

• The Big Bloody: Off-Duty Cop, Two Others Shot in Early Morning Robbery

  Updated at 1 p.m.A 27-year-old female police officer was shot early this morning in 900 block of Hickory Street just south of downtown. Bing Maps900 block of Hickory Street​According to police, the off-duty officer was leaving her boyfriend's home around 1:10 a.m. when two gunmen approached the unnamed officer (who was not in uniform) and her boyfriend. The men forced the couple back into the house where they attempted to rob them and others staying in the home. 

  October 5, 2009

• The Big Bloody: Prosecutor Levels Dozen Warrants Against Man Charged with Homicide, Shooting Off-Duty Cop

  Police HandoutMario Coleman​The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office last night issued 12 warrants against 22-year-old Mario Coleman for yesterday's robbery turned homicide. The incident occurred around 1 a.m. Monday when Coleman and a 16-year-old accomplice allegedly held up an off-duty St. Louis police officer and her boyfriend as they left a home in the LaSalle Park neighborhood immediately south of downtown. The suspects forced the couple back inside the home in the 900 block of Hickory Str

  October 6, 2009

• The Big Bloody: Two Shot, One Dead in 'Nother North City Drive-By

  Jermaine McDaniels, 30, and another man were sitting in a car in the 6300 block of Stratford near Goodfellow Boulevard yesterday evening around 7:30 p.m. when a dark-colored SUV pulled up and suspects inside the vehicle began firing. View Larger MapIntersection of Goodfellow and Stratford

  October 6, 2009

• The Big Bloody: Man Killed in Drive-By on Martin Luther King Drive

  James Caston, 21, was shot and killed yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Billups. View Larger MapAccording to police, Caston was walking down the sidewalk around 3:30 p.m. when a blue pickup truck approached and several shots were fired. Caston was hit twice in the head and pronounced dead a local hospital.

  October 15, 2009

• The Big Bloody: Man Found Shot to Death on Front Porch

  Jerry Washington, 27, collapsed and died on a front porch in the 5200 block of Robin in north St. Louis early this morning. 5200 block of Robin​Police report that Washington (of the nearby 5400 block of Wren) died from a gunshot wound to the head around 4:18 a.m. Witnesses at the home on Robin say they heard gunshots and then a banging on their door. Washington died on the scene. No witnesses or suspects to the shooting have stepped forward. An investigation is ongoing. 

  October 16, 2009

• The Big Bloody: In What's Becoming a Redundant Headline -- Man Found Shot to Death in North City

  Mario Williams, 29, was found shot to death last night in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood of north St. Louis. Police discovered Williams body around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 3800 block of Kennerly. View Larger MapWilliams, of the 6100 block of Bermuda in Normandy, had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Count up all the other north city murders here. In other news, an undercover St. Louis cop last night shot and killed two suspects. More on that as information develo

  November 18, 2009