ST. LOUIS COUNTY – A 32-year-old woman – Chauncia Meekins – was fatally shot late Wednesday, April 8, 2026, while working at a Steak ’n Shake drive-thru on Bellefontaine Road in St. Louis County, after a situation developed with occupants of a vehicle after an order, authorities said.
Meekins, a St. Louis resident, died at the scene after the shooting, which happened about 11:35 p.m. on April 8 in the 11000 block of Bellefontaine Road, according to the St. Louis County Police Department. A second victim, an adult male employee, was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
St. Louis County Police said officers from the North County Precinct responded to a call for service and found two victims inside a business suffering from gunshot injuries. Investigators said an occupant of the vehicle fired a weapon through the drive-thru window, striking two employees inside…