EAST ST. LOUIS – One teenager has been charged as an adult for the murder of five individuals in East St. Louis this past weekend.
A 16-year-old has been charged as an adult in connection with the killings of five people and the shootings of two others this past weekend in East St. Louis, according to the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office.
The St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office announced a 12-count indictment against Ja’ymier Davis, 16, charging him with five counts of murder, one count of dismembering a human body, two counts of attempted murder, two counts of aggravated battery, one count of aggravated vehicular hijacking, and one count of unlawful use of a stolen firearm. Prosecutors also filed a juvenile delinquency petition against the second teenage suspect and are seeking to move that suspect from juvenile court to adult criminal court.
Davis and a 15-year-old co-defendant are accused of shooting seven people, killing five of them, authorities said.
One victim was killed at a home at North 39th Street and Summit Avenue, and three others were killed at a home in the Samuel Gompers Housing Development. Authorities said three more people were shot at Jones Park, across the street from the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation. One of those victims died, while the two surviving victims were hospitalized.
The five people who died were identified as Devin D. May, 24; Quentin L. Thompson, 21; Shania W. Thompson, 25; Patricia A. May, 74, and Cherie L. May, 49.
According to the charges, Davis cut off Patricia May’s right thumb. He is charged with one count of dismembering a human body. No motive has been given for the killings or the alleged dismemberment. Authorities have said one of the suspects is related to at least one of the victims, but police and prosecutors have not said which suspect or which victim.
