In a grim sequence of events, a shooting in O’Fallon has resulted in the death of 18-year-old Pharra Jones. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department reports that the incident unfolded near the intersection of N. Kingshighway & Bircher Boulevards, after a collision involving a gray SUV and a white sedan at around 12:45 p.m. yesterday.
The first respondents at the scene discovered Jones with multiple gunshot wounds, seated in the white sedan. Despite the swift arrival of EMS, she was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver of the gray SUV has since been taken to a local hospital for treatment of injuries sustained from the accident, where he remains. The connection between the shooting, and the collision is yet to be fully understood.
Information provided by the SLMPD website suggests that the shooting occurred some blocks away in the 4200 block of Red Bud, within the O’Fallon neighborhood. Detectives have initiated a detailed investigation to piece together the circumstances precipitating the shooting and trace the sequence of events that ensued…