ST. LOUIS — A man has been charged with shooting and killing his brother and a injuring a woman in St. Louis' Academy/Sherman Park neighborhood early Sunday morning.
Keenen Chambers-King, 27, has been charged with one count each of second-degree murder and armed criminal action.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said officers responded to the shooting at 3:29 a.m. at a home on the 5200 block of Vernon Avenue. Officers found Chambers-King's brother, 32-year-old Lorenzo Chambers-Harris, lying on the porch with multiple gunshot wounds. A 28-year-old woman was also shot in the leg and buttocks.
The two had been in verbal and physical argument in front of the home, charging documents said. The two eventually stopped physically fighting, but kept verbally arguing as Chambers-Harris walked away. As he went to the front door, Chambers-King pulled out a gun and shot him in the chest and head, police said.
He remained at the scene when police arrived.
"Responding officers received a spontaneous utterance from Defendant that he shot Chambers-Harris, his brother," the charging documents said.
Chambers-Harris was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was taken to an area hospital, where at last check police said her vitals were stable.
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