St. Louis man charged after officer injured in shootout
June 1, 2021
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ST. LOUIS (AP) A St. Louis man has been charged after he allegedly fired shots at police officers after a vehicle pursuit, prosecutors said.
Darne D. Ricks, 30, was charged Saturday with resisting arrest, two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action.
Investigators said officers tried to stop Ricks on Friday as part of an investigation into a carjacking. Ricks fled in his vehicle and reached speeds up to 100 mph before crashing, police said.
When two officers pulled up to the scene, Ricks fired several shots, hitting one officer, according to charging documents. The other officer chased and arrested Ricks, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Police: 1 dead, 3 injured, 1 woman arrested in bar shooting
May 31, 2021
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DELLWOOD, Mo. (AP) A woman has been arrested in a shooting at a suburban St. Louis bar over the weekend that left one person dead and three others injured, police said.
The shooting happened around 12:15 a.m. Sunday outside a bar in Dellwood following an argument inside the establishment, the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis said.
Investigators believe Delece Lee, 24, of Ferguson, retrieved a gun once outside and fired into a crowd she believed was involved in the dispute. Police said that led to an exchange of gunfire that killed Kyree Shakur Smith, 23. The shooting also critically injured a man and left two women with injuries not believed to be life-threatening, police said.