Category: St. Louis

Teen and Teacher Killed in Shooting at St. Louis High School; Gunman Dead

ST. LOUIS—An armed former student broke into a St. Louis high school Monday morning warning, “You are all going to die!” before fatally shooting a teacher and a teenage girl, and wounding seven others before police killed him in an exchange of gunfire. The attack just after 9 a.m. at Central Visual and Performing Arts…


Rubio Debates Demings in FLA. U.S. Senate Race; Missouri School to Close After Radioactive Waste Report | NTD Good Morning

Incumbent Senator Marco Rubio defends his positions in debate on Oct. 18. Congresswoman Val Demings challenges on issues of voting rights, gun control, and abortion. We have the highlights from the contentious debate. Parents are furious after high levels of radioactivity were found at a school outside St. Louis.  Find out what they have to say…


Life Sentence for Killer of Retired St. Louis Police Captain

ST. LOUIS—A 26-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for killing a retired St. Louis police captain as he tried to stop a pawn shop from being looted during riots over the death of George Floyd two years ago. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the life term was mandatory after Stephan Cannon,…


‘Sweetie Pie’ Star Found Guilty in Nephew’s Shooting Death

ST. LOUIS—A federal jury on Friday convicted a former star of the St. Louis-based reality TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” of arranging the shooting death of his nephew. The jury deliberated about 17 hours over three days before reaching its verdict in the murder-for-hire case against James “Tim” Norman, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported….


Missouri Officer Charged in Death of Officer During Chase

MOLINE ACRES, Mo.—A police officer in suburban St. Louis was charged after he hit and killed another officer while chasing a suspect, the St. Louis County prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday. Brian Rayford, 41, of Florissant, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the Dec. 5, 2020, death of 54-year-old Moline Acres Police Sgt. Herschel Turner Jr….


Police: 2nd Death Discovered After St. Louis-Area Flooding

ST. LOUIS—A second person has been found dead after record rains swamped the St. Louis region earlier this week, police said. A man’s body was found Wednesday about a mile from his abandoned semi-trailer truck, which appeared to have been submerged in floodwaters that hit the area, the Hazelwood Police Department said in a Facebook…


Man Found Guilty in Slaying of Retired St. Louis Police Captain Amid Riots in 2020

A man has been found guilty in the murder of David Dorn, a retired St. Louis, Missouri, police captain who died amid riots in 2020. Dorn, 77, was shot and killed in the early hours of June 2, 2020, outside his friend’s pawn shop in north St. Louis after he arrived there in response to an alarm….


2 Men Charged in Fatal Fireworks Explosion That Killed 4

BLACK JACK, Mo.—Two men were charged with murder in a house explosion near St. Louis that authorities say killed four people who were assembling fireworks in a garage. St. Louis County prosecutors say 37-year-old Terrell Cooks and 43-year-old Seneca Mahan made fireworks and directed younger people on how to load the canisters and attach a…


At Least 1 Dead, Several Injured in Missouri House Explosion

ST. LOUIS—A house explosion and resulting fire north of St. Louis killed at least one person and critically injured several others early Friday, authorities said. The explosion happened at around 1:20 a.m. in northern St. Louis County just west of Spanish Lake, the county police said in a news release. Officers and firefighters who were…


Police: 12-Year-Old Killed by Younger Brother Who Found Gun

ST. LOUIS—A 10-year-old boy fatally shot his 12-year-old brother as the two played with a gun they found inside a St. Louis home, police said. The shooting happened Tuesday night in a north St. Louis neighborhood, KMOV-TV reported. Police said the boys were with a parent who was getting a haircut in the home when…