ST. LOUIS — Police have made an arrest after a woman charged in a 2020 St. Louis homicide was herself killed in a shooting in St. Louis’ Hamilton Heights neighborhood.
Tatyana Smiley, 28, was found shot to death Tuesday morning inside a building in the same block where she lived, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, officers responded to the 1400 block of Semple to investigate possible shots fired a little before 10:30 a.m. Once inside the residence, Smiley was located in a bedroom suffering from gunshot wounds.
Smiley was out on bail and awaiting trial on charges of first-degree murder, arson, and armed criminal action in the June 2020 shooting death of 72-year-old Charles Watkins, authorities said.
Investigators have said Smiley shot Watkins, then set fire to his home using gasoline.
Fifty-year-old Consandra Perry is in police custody, suspected of fatally shooting Smiley. On Friday, the Circuit Attorney's Office issued charges for first-degree murder and armed criminal action against Perry.
Police have not said whether they suspect Smiley's shooting was linked to Watkins' death.