ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) – A St. Louis man who’s a suspected serial killer has been arrested for crimes that span Missouri.
Perez Reed, who turns 26 on Nov. 10, is accused of capturing six individuals, 4 fatally, with the identical .40 caliber gun. He was arrested Friday whereas he was touring from Kansas Metropolis to St. Louis. He bought off the prepare in Independence, Mo. and took a bus earlier than he was arrested in Kansas Metropolis. When he was arrested, Reed reportedly had the .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol on him that matched the shell casings discovered at unsolved shootings in St. Louis Metropolis and County in September 2021.
The St. Louis County Prosecuting Legal professional’s Workplace charged Reed with two counts of first-degree homicide, one depend of first-degree assault and three counts of armed felony motion. In The USA District Courtroom for the Japanese District of Missouri, Reed has been charged with one depend of interstate transportation of a firearm with intent to commit a felony. St. Louis Metropolis police instructed Information 4 warrants towards Reed of their jurisdiction have been being utilized on Monday morning.
Tuesday, metropolis authorities charged him with two counts of first-degree homicide, three counts of armed felony motion and one depend of assault.
The St. Louis County Prosecuting Legal professional’s Workplace charged Perez Reed, who turns 26 on November 10, with two counts of first-degree homicide, one depend of first-degree assault and three counts of armed felony motion.
St. Louis Circuit Legal professional Kim Gardner launched the next assertion Monday afternoon concerning the investigation:
“The Circuit Legal professional’s Workplace has been working carefully with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Division from the start on this investigation. It is a advanced multi-jurisdictional case. The circumstances within the Metropolis of St. Louis are at present beneath investigation to make sure an important purpose – that justice is delivered to the various victims and their households; and the particular person accountable is held accountable for these heinous crimes.”
6 killed, 2 injured in shootings
Reed’s alleged crime spree started on Sept. 12 at a bus cease on Chambers Highway in St. Louis County. Police mentioned Reed shot a person who was ready for a bus a number of instances within the chest. The person was left with critical accidents and a everlasting incapacity.
The next day, Reed is accused of capturing Marnay Haynes, 16, at the very least two instances in a “distinctive method,” killing her within the 9900 block of Glen Owen Drive.
Three days later, police mentioned Reed shot a 28-year-old girl within the face behind a constructing within the 4500 block of Adelaide. Officers discovered the girl at a BP gasoline station on West Florissant on the lookout for assist. She survived the capturing however was unable to talk to detectives. Nonetheless, paperwork present a blood path led investigators to the place the capturing passed off.
Inside two hours, detectives in north St. Louis linked the suspected serial killer to a different girl’s demise — 49-year-old Pamela Abercrombie. She was discovered wounded mendacity on the sidewalk within the 3800 block of West Florissant. She died on the hospital.
After Abercrombie’s demise, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Division despatched a public security alert warning that some sex workers were being targeted by an unknown gunman.
On Sept. 19, Reed is accused of murdering 24-year-old Carey Ross, who was discovered shot in a vacant lot close to the intersection of fifteenth and Mullanphy simply after 12 p.m.
Then, on Sept. 26, detectives recognized a well-recognized distinctive method whereas investigating the capturing demise of Lester Robinson within the 1700 block of Barbados Lane in St. Louis County. The capturing had similarities to the Haynes’ homicide.
Reed then allegedly made his technique to Kansas Metropolis, the place he’s accused of killing Damon Irvin, 35, on Oct 28 and Rau’Daja Fairrow, 25, a day later. Each lived in flats on the Wyandotte Towers and have been shot to demise, investigators mentioned.
Proof linking Reed to murders
In court docket paperwork, the FBI detailed the proof used to hyperlink Reed to the Missouri crimes.
Within the Kansas capturing deaths, investigators obtained surveillance video from the condominium constructing. A nonetheless {photograph} from the video confirmed a person with a crescent tattoo on his brow, which matched a reserving picture of Reed that confirmed a crescent tattoo on his brow.
Surveillance video from Oct. 28 reportedly confirmed Reed and Irvin coming into the condominium constructing collectively. The duo then went into Irvin’s condominium round 11:15 p.m. that night time. Simply after 6 a.m. the next morning, Reed left Irvin’s condominium alone, in line with police.
A safety guard on the Kansas condominium advanced instructed investigators a person who entered the condominium constructing with Fairrow on Oct. 29 introduced a Missouri driver’s license for Perez Reed. Telephone information that matched Reed’s listed quantity confirmed the suspect known as Fairrow 652 instances between Oct. 5 and Oct. 29. After Oct. 29, Reed’s cellphone now not known as Fairrow’s cellphone. Investigators mentioned they may not discover any witnesses who reported seeing Fairrow alive after Oct. 29.
The FBI mentioned they in contrast the surveillance picture taken from video in Kansas to a previous reserving picture of Perez Reed. Within the surveillance picture, a crimson circle reveals the place investigators mentioned a crescent moon tattoo is positioned.
Upon Reed’s arrest, a gun that matched was in line with the one used within the September 2021 capturing sin St. Louis was seized from him. The FBI mentioned Reed nonetheless had a crescent tattoo seen on his brow when he was taken into custody.
When he was interviewed by investigators, Reed reportedly admitted to giving his driver’s license to the safety guard on the Kansas Metropolis condominium advanced. He additionally admitted to understanding Fairrow. However, he denied hurting anyone.
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