圣路易斯县起诉一对德州夫妇 涉嫌在I-170高速枪杀17岁高中生
克莱顿讯——位于密苏里州圣路易斯县的县检方10月19日在克莱顿的县法院举行新闻发布会宣布，来自德州阿灵顿的一对夫妇已因上周 I-170 州际公路枪击案被起诉：42岁的 Willie Herndon 被控一级谋杀与持械犯罪行为，保释金100万美元、仅收现金；其45岁的妻子 Taiya Herndon 被控妨碍检控，检方称她在枪击后驾车将丈夫送往伊利诺伊州，其保释金为50万美元、仅收现金。
警方表示，上周三晚间，一辆白色别克 Enclave SUV 停在南行 I-170 高速 St. Charles Rock Road 以南的路肩上，Willie Herndon 下车后开了一枪，击中正驾车驶过的17岁女生 Alyssa Wilson；她的车随后在 Overland 的 Midland Boulevard 附近撞毁，她被送医后不治。Wilson 是 McCluer North High School 的高年级学生兼学生运动员，当时正驾车前往圣路易斯动物园与朋友会合。
调查人员通过监控录像与车牌识别系统，追踪到涉案车辆停在伊利诺伊州 Caseyville 的一家酒店，并起获一支与案发现场吻合的枪支。Wilson 的寄养父亲 Robert Hickman 在发布会上说：「这是一起毫无意义的暴行。」他说，Wilson 距离18岁生日只剩60天。检方尚未公布作案动机，调查人员表示目前没有路怒症迹象；据联邦法庭文件，Willie Herndon 另涉嫌此前数日在圣路易斯市 Bates Avenue 附近发生的另一起枪击。（GSM 据《圣路易斯邮电报》报道）
Texas Couple Charged in I-170 Shooting Death of 17-Year-Old McCluer North Senior
CLAYTON — St. Louis County prosecutors in Missouri announced at an October 19 news conference at the county courthouse in Clayton that a married couple from Arlington, Texas, has been charged in last week's Interstate 170 shooting: Willie Herndon, 42, faces charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action and is held on a $1 million cash-only bond; his wife, Taiya Herndon, 45, is charged with hindering prosecution for allegedly driving him to Illinois after the shooting, with bond set at $500,000 cash-only.
Police said that on Wednesday evening a white Buick Enclave SUV pulled onto the shoulder of southbound I-170 south of St. Charles Rock Road, and Willie Herndon got out and fired a single shot that struck 17-year-old Alyssa Wilson as she drove past. Her car crashed near Midland Boulevard in Overland, and she later died at a hospital. Wilson, a senior and student-athlete at McCluer North High School, was driving to meet a friend at the St. Louis Zoo.
Investigators used surveillance video and license-plate readers to trace the SUV to a hotel in Caseyville, Illinois, where they recovered a firearm consistent with the one used at the scene. Wilson's foster father, Robert Hickman, said at the news conference: "This is a senseless act." He said Wilson was 60 days from her 18th birthday. Prosecutors have not released a motive, and investigators say there is no indication of road rage; according to federal court documents, Willie Herndon is also a suspect in a separate shooting days earlier near Bates Avenue in St. Louis. (GSM, based on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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