ST. LOUIS – Two women and one man are charged with participating in a parking lot takeover Sunday in north St. Louis and then fleeing to avoid a traffic stop. Police discovered an 8-month-old child in the fleeing vehicle.
According to a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson and probable cause statements filed in court, the incident began between 12:30 a.m. and 1 a.m. outside a gas station at Hall Street and Gimblin Road in the Baden neighborhood.
Officers in the SLMPD’s Drug Enforcement and Intervention Unit observed nearly 100 people gathering for a stunt driving event and takeover in the gas station parking lot. The gathering vehicles fled when officers arrived…