Residents concerned about rising crime in Dutchtown Our three Cure Violence sites are now up and running and I m confident they will help curb crime in the city, Lewis Reed said Author: Robert Townsend Updated: 10:43 PM CST January 16, 2021
ST. LOUIS Last month an ecstatic Paris P.J. Lee celebrated his 17th birthday.
Now, just five weeks later his family cannot believe what happened to their young loved one. P.J. was my first nephew. He was like my son and now he s gone, said a sobbing Trina Jones, Lee s aunt.
Relatives say around 4 p.m. Friday afternoon Lee left home with some friends and walked to a friend s house a few blocks away.
St. Louis close to ringing in record homicide rate this New Year s Eve I am sick of all this gun violence and killings. My daughter was an innocent victim, said Lataisha Jones-Lewis. Author: Robert Townsend Updated: 5:14 AM CST December 31, 2020
ST. LOUIS It s been a violent year in the St. Louis.
The city is dangerously close to reaching its deadliest year set back in 1993 when there were 267 victims of homicides.
As of Wednesday, that sobering statistic was 262.
Lataisha Jones-Lewis knows the pain of tragically losing a loved one. Joyce was a sweet, loving, caring person, said Jones-Lewis.
Her 20-year-old daughter Joyce Freeman had many dreams and her life was full of promise.