ST. LOUIS — Two men have been charged for a fatal shooting Wednesday afternoon in St. Louis' Central West End neighborhood.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department announced on Friday that Syntrell Howard, 21, and Ta'Shaun Patterson, 22, were both charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Howard was also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm.
Police said both suspects were being held as of Friday but bond information was not yet available.
Officers responded at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday to the shooting at the intersection of Laclede and Taylor avenues. They found 29-year-old Miguel Johnson suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest.
He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said multiple witnesses described the two suspects, who officers then found inside a nearby vehicle on Newstead and Forest Park Parkway. The men ran but were taken into custody. Weapons were recovered at the scene.
According to a preliminary investigation, the incident started at an apartment in the 4400 block of Forest Park Parkway, where the suspects confronted the victim over personal matters.
When the victim ran from the home, the men chased him and shot him on the sidewalk.
5 On Your Side's Robert Townsend reported two men near the scene of the shooting in handcuffs. One of the men was put into a police van, and the other was on a stretcher and was put into an ambulance, Townsend said.
A homicide investigation is underway.
"I was walking across Forest Park Parkway then I saw one guy who tried to jump the fence over there not far from my home. After the guy jumped, the police grabbed him and prevented him from running away," said neighbor Jesus Acevedo, who has lived in the Central West End for six years.
"The other guy just walked right by me like nothing happened, " Acevedo said.
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