CLAYTON, Mo. — A St. Louis County judge on Friday sentenced a man to 41 years in prison for shooting and killing a woman during a "fight" over a prom party.
Emonne Dillon, 20, was convicted in April of second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action in the May 2023 shooting. A judge sentenced him to serve consecutive sentences of 20 years for second-degree murder, 15 years for unlawful use of a weapon and three years each for the two counts of armed criminal action.
Prosecutors said Dillon, then 19, shot and killed Jayla Farr in a driveway and then fired nine rounds toward a home on Halls Ferry Road where Farr and others had been fighting in the yard. The fight among the young women stemmed from disagreements over a Riverview Gardens High School prom party that was held the previous weekend.
A witness testified that Dillon shot and killed Farr, 21, after she told him to "put away the gun – this is a female fight.”
An 18-year-old woman and 14-year-old boy inside the home suffered minor injuries.
