COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Police say they have arrested a man charged in an August quadruple homicide that occurred in St. Louis County.
Police say 20-year-old Ja’Vonne Dupree was arrested Friday in in Columbia.
He is charged with four counts each of first-degree murder and robbery and nine other counts in the Aug. 24 shooting deaths of 56-year-old Patricia Steward, her two sons, 20-year-old Joseph Corely and 10-year-old Terrence Dehart, as well as 18-year-old Deandre Kelley Jr. All four were killed inside a Glasgow Village home.
Police say Dupree shot all four, took electronics and clothing from the home and fled in Steward’s car with the stolen items.
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