The Big Bloody: Prosecutor Levels Dozen Warrants Against Man Charged with Homicide, Shooting Off-Duty Cop
Categories: Follow That Story, The Big Bloody (Homicides)
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| Police Handout |
| Mario Coleman |
The incident occurred around 1 a.m. Monday when Coleman and a 16-year-old accomplice allegedly held up an off-duty St. Louis police officer and her boyfriend as they left a home in the LaSalle Park neighborhood immediately south of downtown.
The suspects forced the couple back inside the home in the 900 block of Hickory Street where they attempted to rob them. Six other people were inside the residence, and a struggle soon ensued.
Gina Stallis, a 34-year-old visitor in the home, was shot in the chest and died. The off-duty cop, who's name has yet to be released, was shot three times and is in critical condition. Her boyfriend, shot in the neck, is in serious condition.
Coleman, of the 300 block of Cabanne, has been charged with:
- 1st degree murder
- 1st degree assault (two counts)
- 1st degree robbery (two counts)
- 1st degree burglary
- Armed criminal action (six counts)
Police nabbed Coleman near Forest Park shortly after dropping off his accomplice -- described as a 16-year-old boy -- at a hospital for a gunshot wound to the hand. It's unclear at this point how the kid received the gunshot wound. The boy is now in the custody of the juvenile courts.
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