ST. LOUIS (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a 53-year-old man with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, sodomy and other counts in a sexual assault and fatal shooting at a suburban St. Louis religious supplies store.
St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch on Wednesday announced charges against Thomas Bruce of Imperial, in Monday’s attack at a Catholic Supply store in another St. Louis suburb, Ballwin. Bruce’s arrest ended a two-day manhunt that frightened the region and led some schools, churches and businesses to close.
Authorities say the gunman sexually assaulted someone and shot 53-year-old Jamie Schmidt in the head. The married mother of three died later at a hospital.
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