BERKELEY, Mo. — A St. Louis County man is being held without bond Tuesday after police said he shot and killed two people on a MetroBus in Berkeley, Missouri.
Anthony Laron Frazier was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree robbery and multiple other gun charges after police said he blocked a bus with a stolen car and fatally shot two people on the bus Monday.
Police said the shooting happened at about 2:30 p.m. on the 8300 block of Airport Road. According to charging documents, the Major Case Squad investigation found Frazier used a stolen car to block the bus before firing shots at the bus. Those shots struck a man identified in charging documents as Jaron Jackson-Craig, a 34-year-old man from Olivette.
Charging documents said Frazier then got onto the bus and shot another man, Jorge Andres Cantor Pinxon, a 37-year-old man from Maryland Heights.
Both men later died from their injuries.
The charging documents said investigators used surveillance video from MetroBus to identify the vehicle and get a look at Frazier. Officers later found Frazier walking on Chambers Road in the same clothes he was seen wearing in the video.
When officers approached Frazier, he told them he was armed, but police were able to take him into custody. According to charging documents, Frazier admitted to the MetroBus shooting and said he stole the car in a carjacking on the 900 block of Chambers Road. The stolen car was later found in the City of St. Louis.
According to the charging documents, Frazier told police he shot one of the victims "because he didn't like the way he looked at him."
"This was a horrendous case," Berkeley Police Chief Art Jackson said in a press conference announcing the charges. "In the 30 years I've been in law enforcement I've never seen anything like this."
Frazier was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree robbery, one count of unlawful use of a weapon and four counts of armed criminal action.
During the press conference, Metro St. Louis Director of Public Safety Kevin Scott said the security video they provided investigators was possible due to enhanced security features on the buses.
"We have blanked our system — our units of transportation, our buses, our trains, our properties — with a very advanced, closed-circuit television model that is viewed in real-time," he said. "I have said this in the past and I will say this again: If you use MetroTransit to conduct or cause peril to someone or as a mode of transportation to cause peril to someone, we will exhaust all of our options to ensure that you're brought to justice."
Scott took time to address the affect of the violence happening on the transportation system.
"Our profound condolences to the families of those two victims on the bus yesterday. This was a heinous, vile act. It's something that's very discouraging for not only our mode of transportation but for our region," Scott said.
Frazier is being held without bond.
