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Charges have been filed against a suspect accused of fatally shooting two people on a MetroBus. The shooting happened around 2:45 p.m. in the 8400 block of Airport Road. Police said witnesses told officers that someone fired shots into a MetroBus, hitting two people. The victims were taken to a hospital, where they died. The victims were later identified as Jaron Jackson-Craig, 37, and Jorge Andres Cantor Pinzon, 34. Nobody else was injured. A day after the shooting, Anthony Laron Frazier was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, four counts of armed criminal action, one count of robbery and...

Mo. attorney general files petition to oust Kim Gardner A George Soros-bankrolled prosecutor in St. Louis already mired in allegations of negligence and misconduct was hit with more bad news on Friday, when one of the few remaining prosecutors who handles the city's most violent felonies abruptly resigned, citing a "toxic work environment." Natalia Ogurkiewicz, 27, joined the office of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner in 2020 and handled several murder and other felony cases. She initially planned to leave Gardner's office at the end of the month but announced Friday she was departing early, local media reported. In...

Two women who beat a man to death in Forest Park were reacting to an unwanted sexual advance, police said Wednesday in announcing the filing of first-degree murder charges against them. Dawn E. Fulks, 25, and Mellonie D. Jones, 20, both of St. Louis, were held in jail without bond. Police described the women as lovers, and said they attacked Willard Bryant Payne, 26, of University City, who was found dead early Monday in the Kennedy Forest area, near the southwest corner of the park. Officials said he died of head trauma. The defendants also were charged with armed criminal...