St. Louis Police

Huge Surge in Concealed-Carry Applications in St. Louis County, Averaging Over 700 a Month

The number of people seeking concealed-carry permits has jumped in St. Louis county -- by a lot. In St. Louis and across Missouri there's been a lot of talk about concealed-carry permit holders in recent weeks. Statewide, a debate has erupted about the privacy of concealed-carry applicants, and in ... More >>

Guns: Bruce Humphrey of St. Louis Gets Seven Years On Federal Illegal Weapons Charges

Bruce Humphrey, a St. Louis resident, was sentenced today to 92 months behind bars on federal charges of illegal firearm possession. The decision comes at a time of intense debate in Missouri around gun laws, gun rights -- and how gun crimes are prosecuted. In this federal case, it seems Humphre ... More >>

MetroLink Shooting: Akira Edmonds Allegedly Shoots Acquaintance Over "Disagreement" (18)

There are new details in the fatal shooting of Charles Campbell, the 33-year-old who was found dead on the Laclede's Landing MetroLink station last week -- making him the 18th homicide of the year in the city of St. Louis. Akira Edmonds, 24, an "acquaintance" of Campbell, is now facing charges of ... More >>

Soulard's Big Day Out

Two More Shootings on Labor Day Bring the Holiday to Bloody, Non-Fatal Close

An additional pair of shootings was reported to St. Louis Police on Monday, bringing a wet holiday weekend to a bloody end. At 6 p.m. Monday, police report that a 16-year-old black young man was stopped by a pair of black young men on bicycles in the 3700 block of Penrose Street in the Fairground Pa ... More >>

UPDATE: Charges Expected Today Against Two for the Murder of Megan Boken

[UPDATE 2:16 p.m.: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce tweets that her office continues to review the evidence against the suspects, and that no decision has been made yet about charges being filed. Original post follows.]St. Louis Police have two men in custody for the murder of Megan Boken, ... More >>

Late-Night Drive-By in Fountain Park Sends Man to the Hospital

St. Louis Police are investigating a 1 a.m. drive-by shooting that injured one man in the Fountain Park neighborhood last night. The victim, 25, told police he was standing in the 700 block of North Euclid Avenue when a dark Pontiac with several people inside stopped in front of him, at which point ... More >>

Robbery Victim Drives to Police Station While Being Robbed

[UPDATE: How the man arrived at the police station and the chronology of the incident updated with information from the police incident report.]St. Louis Police officers were driving north in the 4000 block of Union, near the North Patrol station, when a car traveling south crossed the center line a ... More >>

DeWight Patton, Lance Abernathy: St. Louis Homicides No. 45 & 46; Shot Same Time, Different Places

St. Louis Police were called out to investigate two shootings at 11:30 p.m. Friday night in different corners of the city. In the first incident, they headed to the 5900 block of Goodfellow Boulevard in the North Pointe neighborhood. They found DeWight Patton, 33, seriously injured and laying in the ... More >>

George Hicks Jr.: St. Louis Homicide No. 36; Murdered in Holly Hills Sunday Night

St. Louis Police were called out to Holly Hills for a reported shooting at 11:30 p.m. Sunday night. They found George Hicks Jr., a 22-year-old black man, dead in the 200 block of Bates Street. Hicks had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. The police incident summary lists ... More >>

Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Robert A. Young Building

St. Louis Police and federal agents are searching for the man who threw an explosive device similar to a Molotov cocktail at the Robert A. Young Federal Building (815 Olive Street) early this morning. A surveillance camera captured the man throwing the device. Authorities have not described the susp ... More >>

Pete Kruchowski Was Not A Knockout Game Victim, According to Police

​Last Wednesday night, Pete Kruchowski -- known as Li'l Pete to many St. Louisans in the film and music community -- was found unconscious next to his undamaged bicycle near Tower Grove Park. His wallet and cell phone were still with him, and  Kruchowski has skull fractures, broken bones and ... More >>

Dominic Johnson: St. Louis Homicide No. 17; Shot Outside Sports Bar

​Dominic Johnson, a 27-year-old black male, was found shot to death outside the Starz Sports Bar and Grill (8700 block of Goodfellow Boulevard; pictured above) in the North Pointe neighborhood Monday night just after midnight.According to police documents, St. Louis Police responded to a report of ... More >>

Demetrius Clark: St. Louis Homicide No. 102; Found Dead on Back Porch

A 38-year-old man from south St. Louis was found dead yesterday near Fairground Park. St. Louis Police report that Demetrius Clark was discovered around 2:45 p.m. Thursday with multiple gunshots on a back porch in the 3800 block of Ashland (below).​Clark lived in the 3200 block of Chippewa, accord ... More >>

St. Louis Police Searching for Person of Interest in SpongeBob T-Shirt

St. Louis PoliceDid I ... get caught on surveillance tape?​Have you seen this woman? St. Louis police are wanting to question her regarding a robbery July 6 in downtown St. Louis. According to the cops, two men armed with a gun robbed a 38-year-old man around 10 p.m. that night in the 1100 block o ... More >>

Area Clown Blamed for Del Taco Holdup

​A trio of bandits -- including one man described as wearing a rubber clown mask -- held up a Del Taco on McCausland Avenue just south of Forest Park early this morning.But no need to eye your neighborhood clowns with suspicion: St. Louis Police say they have all three dudes in custody, thanks in ... More >>

Andre Gillespie: St. Louis Homicide No. 53; Shot In the Head Near Calvary Cemetary

Early Saturday night, St. Louis Police received a call about a suspicious person behind a building on the 5300 block of Harney Ave. When they arrived at the scene they found something quite suspicious indeed: a corpse. View Larger MapThe body belonged to 18-year-old Andre Gillespie, a resident of th ... More >>

Antwon C. Tilson: St. Louis Homicide No. 50; Shot in the Head in Walnut Park East

St. Louis Police have identified the city's fiftieth homicide victim as 43-year-old Antwon C. Tilson. Tilson's body was found with gunshot wounds to the head and arm in his home on the 5000 block of Emerson Ave. in Walnut Park East. He was pronounced dead at the scene. View Larger MapMeanwhile, in a ... More >>

Car Thief: 1; St. Louis Police: 0

Didya hear about the courageous thief who stole an unmarked cop car from the St. Louis police department's Central Patrol this week? St. Louis Police Central Patrol at 919 N. Jefferson​The incident occurred either Sunday or Monday. The thief also rummaged through a second car before stealing the u ... More >>

Photo: Wrecked Cruiser In Which David Haynes Perished

Courtesy of Bill Greenblatt with UPI...UPI/Bill Greenblatt A St. Louis Police officer watches as the patrol car that was driven by 27-year-old rookie oficer David Haynes is loaded onto a flatbed in St. Louis yesterday. Haynes was killed after his patrol car was struck while following a suspect with ... More >>

Police Arrest Cross-Dressing Robber, But Is It the Same She-Man Who Struck Last Week?

St. Louis PoliceJames T. Duke​St. Louis police last week arrested James T. Duke in connection with two robberies last month in which the suspect allegedly dressed in women's clothing and armed himself with a long-barreled gun. The robberies occurred January 3 and 4 when the 28-year-old Duke allege ... More >>

Hot Feet! Security Guard Shoots The Ground At North St. Louis Club, Five Injured

Remember those scenes in old westerns and gangster flicks where an angry badass aims his gun at the feet of a foe, fires a few rounds and yells "Dance!"? Judging from reports from St. Louis Police about a bloody incident early Sunday morning at Imperial Palace on the 2500 block of North Grand Blvd, ... More >>

The Big Bloody: Man Charged with Shooting Death on City Street

Antonio Nolan​The St. Louis Police today announced today that they have filed murder charges in the August 18 killing of 45-year-old Samuel Keith Ivory. Ivory was outside in the 2600 block of Rauschenbach Avenue where he lived when a gunman fired several shots into his body. Police now say the mu ... More >>

RE: Dios Mios! St. Louis Police Shoot "Latino" Lover

​This story is just bizarre. Someone please get the St. Louis Police some Spanish interpreters -- a.s.a.p. This directly from the police:This morning (Wednesday), at 8:07am, a citizen called 911, saying she'd been stopped by a Latino woman asking for help because there were several burglars inside ... More >>

Arsonist Who Torched Copia Wine Bar Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison

Photo: St. Louis PoliceGilbert SummersGilbert Summers, a former employee of Copia Urban Winery and Market, was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for the 2007 fire that caused $2.7 million in damages to the Washington Avenue eatery. Summers was charged with the crime last year following ... More >>

George Clooney and 8 Great St. Louis Movie Clips

You might have heard by now that George Clooney is going to be working in St. Louis later next year (as in a few weeks from now), on a movie called Up in the Air. At least someone will be working in the city during what's projected to be a nasty first quarter. Want to be a part of the movie? Here's ... More >>

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