ST. CHARLES, MO.—A St. Louis-area man shot his girlfriend, her two young children and her mother in the home they all shared, authorities said Saturday. Prosecutors filed 15 charges against Richard Darren Emery of St. Charles, Missouri, including first-degree murder, assault and attempted robbery. St. Charles is a city of about 70,000 residents on the Missouri River northwest of St. Louis. Officials said it's had a spate of deadly domestic violence incidents recently — with six deaths in the past eight days. “During that phone call, the 911 operator could hear gunshots in the background,” St. Charles Police Lt. Tom Wilkison said.

Source: thestar December 30, 2018 15:00 UTC