‘A tragic, random act of violence’ – Charges filed in MetroBus double murder

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. No one else was injured on the bus, police said. The shooter sped off in a 2009 Dodge Caliber.

Jorge Andres Cantor Pinzon and Jaron Jackson-Craig.

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.

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, a spokesman for the Major Case Squad said the shooting appeared to be a random act of violence. The spokesman claims Frazier saw one of the victims, Pinzon, earlier in the day and felt “disrespected” because Pinzon “stared at him the wrong way.” Jackson-Craig was merely an unfortunate bystander.

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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