A Missouri woman whose car was allegedly stolen is accused of tracking down the suspected thief on Wednesday, killing two men and wounding another, authorities said.
Demesha Coleman, 35, of Spanish Lake, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action and one count of first-degree assault, according to St. Louis County online court records.
She was charged on Thursday in the deaths of Darius Jackson, 19, and Joseph Farrar, 49, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The two men were fatally shot outside a Speedie Gas station in St. Louis, according to the newspaper.
The two men were pronounced dead at the scene, KSDK-TV reported. Another male victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to his head, according to the television station.
It was not immediately clear which of the three men was suspected of stealing Coleman’s vehicle, according to the Post-Dispatch.
Police said that after Coleman’s Hyundai Tucson SUV was stolen, she tracked the vehicle to the gas station, KSDK reported.
At about 10:30 p.m. CST, Coleman was captured on surveillance footage walking up to the vehicle at the gas station’s parking lot, the Post-Dispatch reported. She was with a man who police have not identified, but authorities said they were both carrying guns.
Farrar’s youngest sibling, Michelle Jackson was distraught after hearing the news of her brother’s death claiming he was an innocent bystander killed by a stray bullet.
‘Somebody else’s mess killed my brother,’ Jackson said, the youngest of Farrar’s four siblings, WTSP News reported.
Jackson said Farrar was at the gas station to purchase medicine for his 11-year-old son who had come down with the flu.
She said that her brother did not have an easy life. He had been on the streets, battled addiction and had been in and out of prison, and in October 2021 got out of the penitentiary.
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