ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A Ferguson man has been charged in connection with Monday’s shooting on a MetroBus that left two people dead.

The shooting happened Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the 8300 block of Airport Road. Witnesses told police a man fired into the bus and struck two men.

The victims, identified as Jaron Jackson-Craig and Jorge Andres Cantor Pinzon, were taken to an area hospital, where they were both pronounced dead. Pinzon was 37 and Jackson-Craig was 34. No one else was injured on the bus, police said. The shooter sped off in a 2009 Dodge Caliber.

Berkeley police contacted the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis to take the lead on the investigation.

Investigators determined that the shooter’s vehicle had been taken in a carjacking in the 900 block of Chambers Road in Bellefontaine Neighbors. The Major Case Squad reached out to Bellefontaine Neighbors police, who helped them identify Anthony L. Frazier as a potential suspect.

Frazier was taken into custody on Monday while authorities applied for warrants.

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“Incidents that rise to a law enforcement level, like this incident (Monday), we’re very dependent on the expeditious response of local law enforcement and that’s what we got from the Berkeley P.D.,” Kevin Scott, Metro’s general manager of field security, said.

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Frazier on Tuesday with two counts of first-degree murder, four counts of armed criminal action, one count of first-degree robbery, and unlawful use of a weapon. He remains jailed without bond.

At a news conference announcing the charges, Lt. James Wethington, a spokesman for the Major Case Squad, said the shooting appeared to be a random act of violence.

“He had seen (Pinzon) earlier and felt like he had disrespected him by staring at him the wrong way,” Wethington said. “And unfortunately, tragically, (Frazier) decided to use a weapon instead of moving on about his day.”

Jackson-Craig was merely an unfortunate bystander. His grandmother, Gospel Music Hall of Famer Zella Jackson-Price, described Jaron as the joy of her life.

“When (Jaron’s mother) called me, she was screaming. And I just—I almost passed out,” she said.

Jaron was on his way home after getting information about a new job that he was starting but never made it home.

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“And he hugged me and kissed me and said, ‘I’ll see you this evening,’” Jackson-Price said. “And this was a new job, too. And he was on his way home when that happened.”

Jaron lived with her to take care of housework and lend a helping hand.

“(Jaron) always found humor in the worst situations, you know? But I can’t find no humor in this,” Jackson-Price said.

Frazier had active warrants out for his arrest at the time of the shooting.

Frazier has previously served time for marijuana possession, resisting arrest, tampering with a motor vehicle, stealing, and domestic assault.

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