ST. LOUIS — A man was killed in a Sunday morning shooting in south St. Louis, a statement from police said.
The shooting happened in the Benton Park West neighborhood, in the 2800 block of Ohio Avenue, the portion of Ohio Avenue between Gravois Avenue and Pestalozzi Street. Roger Dale Huddleston, a 69-year-old man who lives in that portion of Ohio Avenue, was arrested at the scene.
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office issued charges against Huddleston, according to a Monday morning statement from police. Huddleston faces a first-degree murder charge and an armed criminal action charge.
Officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's District 3 responded to the shooting minutes before 3 a.m., the statement said.
That's when police said they found a victim with a gunshot wound to the head. Police said the victim was a 56-year-old man but have not named him.
Court records show investigators found surveillance footage of the shooting.
"The video shows the victim hunched over in pain holding his arm. Then, after approximately 15 seconds, the victim was shot in the head. The defendant is then seen going over and kicking the victim's body," court documents said.
Huddleston admitted shooting the victim after waiving his Miranda rights, the records said.
"When the defendant was shown the video of the incident, he stated that, at the time the victim would have been shot in the head, the shooting would have been 'unjustified,'" court records said. "The victim would not have been a threat at that point."
Huddleston was denied bail because of fears that he may be a danger to the community, court records said. He was incarcerated at the St. Louis City Justice Center as of Monday morning.
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