Mayor Jones says her spending plan will allow the city to defund the Medium Security Jail also known as the Workhouse and move about $4 million to other services.
Updated: 2:28 PM CST January 30, 2021
ST. LOUIS Two more teens have been arrested and charged after a woman was shot and killed in St. Louis last year.
Police said Saturday that Steven Washington and Deyontez Huntley, both 19 years old, were arrested and charged with first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault, three counts of armed criminal action and one count of unlawful use of a weapon.
Eric Williams, 17, was previously charged Jan. 22 with first-degree murder, assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon – shooting into a motor vehicle.
Credit: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Eric Williams
When officers arrived, they found 20-year-old Joyce Freeman inside a car with a gunshot wound. She was rushed to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead.
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.