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Missouri man charged with murder in St. Louis shooting
April 25, 2021
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ST. LOUIS (AP) A Missouri man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting on Saturday.
St. Louis Police said 31-year-old Javon White is also charged with assault and armed criminal action. He was being held without bond on Sunday, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The shooting happened shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday in the Walnut Park East neighborhood. Police said Chuwn Curtis, 24, of Jennings, Missouri, was found in a vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
Two injured women, ages 27 and 44, were found outside the vehicle and taken to a hospital for treatment.
Updated: 4:01 PM CDT April 25, 2021
A man was charged with murder Sunday, a day after he was arrested by st. Louis police.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police arrested 31-year-old Javon White after the shooting death of a Jennings man early Saturday in Walnut Park East.
Officers arrived at the 4700 block of Wren Avenue and found Chuwn Curtis, 24, inside a vehicle with multiple wounds. EMS responded and pronounced Curtis dead.
Two women, ages 44 and 27, were also injured outside the vehicle, and EMS transported them to an area hospital. There was no report of their condition.
White, of the 1100 block of Haley Avenue in St. Louis, was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of assault, three counts of armed criminal action and resisting arrest by the St. Louis County Circuit Attorney. Bond is not allowed.