ST. ANN, Mo. (AP) - A St. Louis man has been charged with shooting his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend and leaving him to die outside an airport hotel.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 20-year-old Malik Cain, of St. Louis, is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 19-year-old Trevor Thomas.
St. Ann police chief Aaron Jimenez says that when Thomas went to an apartment complex Saturday to see his ex-girlfriend, an argument broke out and Cain fired multiple shots as Thomas drove off.
A wounded Thomas fell out of the car and collapsed in the road less than a mile away near the St. Louis Airport Marriott. The car eventually crashed into a ravine.
Jimenez says Cain then drove past as Thomas was on the ground. He says Cain argued that the shooting was self-defense.
Please read our comment policy before commenting.