A man has been charged with killing a 15-year-old in the first case filed in a string of recent child homicides in St. Louis that have drawn attention to gun violence in Missouri.
Joseph Renick, 54, was jailed on $500,000 bond after being charged Thursday with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm in the death of Sentonio Cox. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.Sentonio is the latest of at least 13 children killed by gunfire in St. Louis this year, leading the mayor to demand changes in gun laws and for hundreds of people to turn out Wednesday for a town hall meeting.
Susan Ryan, a spokeswoman for St. Louis Circuit Atty. Kim Gardner, said she couldn’t comment beyond what is in the document. She said the investigation is ongoing. “I found my baby laying face down, shot in the head,” Edwards said. “It was really dark, but as the sunlight beamed up, God showed me he was right next to me.”Gardner, meanwhile, has been facing criticism on social media for not charging 23-year-old Malik Ross in the killing of 7-year-old Xavier Usanga earlier this month as he played in the backyard with his sisters.
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