HAZELWOOD, Mo. (AP) - A St. Louis man has been charged with breaking into an apartment and fatally shooting a man.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 25-year-old Brandon Williams is jailed on charges of second-degree murder, armed criminal action and first-degree burglary in the shooting death Saturday of Chuckie Marion in the suburb of Hazelwood.
Police said in a probable cause statement that Williams broke a window to get into the bedroom of the apartment. Police say that once inside, Williams kicked in a bathroom door and shot Marion several times with a semiautomatic pistol. Marion died at the scene.
Bail is set at $250,000 cash-only. No attorney is listed for Williams in online court records.
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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com
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