Woman chased down, shot at ex-boyfriend: Police
ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis woman is accused of chasing down and shooting at her ex-boyfriend twice in the same day last week in north city.
According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s probable cause statement, both shootings happened on Wednesday, March 20. The first shooting took place at Carrie Avenue and Interstate 70, in the North Riverfront neighborhood.
Police claim the ex-boyfriend and another individual got on the on-ramp to westbound I-70 when Patrice D. Phillips, 30, pulled behind the ex-boyfriend’s car, pointed a gun out her driver’s side window, and began shooting. One bullet struck the rear of the victims’ vehicle. The victims were able to escape on the interstate.
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Approximately two hours later, the victims were at a gas station along East Grand Avenue in the Near North Riverfront. Police claim Phillips approached her ex-boyfriend, who was sitting in his car, and pointed a gun at him. The ex drove away but Phillips shot at his vehicle again, shattering the back window and striking the rear of the car.
Police later detained Phillips and located what they believed to be the weapon used in both incidents in the center console.
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office charged Phillips with two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of first-degree domestic assault, four counts of armed criminal action, and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon. Phillips remains jailed without bond for the time being. She’s due in court later this week.
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