Calverton Park man charged in mid-July homicide

ST. LOUIS – A Calverton Park man was arrested last week in connection with a fatal shooting in the Walnut Park West neighborhood.

According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s probable cause statement, the shooting happened just before 10 p.m. on July 17 in the 5400 block of Park Lane.

Officers found the victim, Jawon Cooper, suffering from gunshot wounds. Cooper was transported to a nearby hospital after the shooting but was later pronounced dead. He was 27…

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