Gunman nonchalantly shooting homeless man execution-style in broad daylight in St. Louis

Ben Kesslen and Lee Brown
New York Post
Tue, 28 Feb 2023 22:09 UTC

A St. Louis man was arrested Tuesday after a video appeared to catch him nonchalantly shooting a homeless man execution-style in broad daylight.

Deshawn Thomas, 23, was arrested in connection with the Monday murder but has yet to be charged, police said.

Thomas can be seen struggling to load his gun as he stands right behind the homeless man, who is sitting on the curb just a few feet away, a bystander video posted online shows.

He then appears to fire at the yet-to-be-identified victim, who raised his arms at one point, but made no attempt to run away and seemed almost resigned to his fate, the video shows.

"Oh my God. He just f-king killed him," the witness can be heard saying.

The shooting happened in the heart of downtown St. Louis around 10 a.m. Monday, police said.

"Any homicide is unnerving," Major Ryan Cousins told the St. Louis Dispatch at the scene, "but for this one to happen here, at this time, very much so."

The victim, whose name has not been released, had fended off Thomas at a Shell gas station just minutes before. Thomas chased him across the street before allegedly shooting him, police said.

Cousins said the victim was likely in his 40s but didn't provide more details about him.

The video was posted on Twitter but was taken down due to its graphic nature.

"Twitter took down this video I posted yesterday so I'll post it again," the person who posted the video wrote, according to the Riverfront Times. "Doesn't show the murder on camera so stop censoring it."

Thomas was taken into custody by police at a local library after fleeing.

US Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) retweeted the video on Tuesday and called for St. Louis' embattled circuit attorney to resign.

"Kim Gardner must go. Prosecute the criminals," the Republican lawmaker wrote.

Before the video of the Monday murder surfaced, Gardner was already under fire after a driver facing felony charges for robbery — who had violated his bail conditions multiple times — hit a teenager earlier this month, causing her to lose her legs.

Missouri Republicans have called for the state to handle the prosecution of violent crimes instead of Gardner, and filed court documents recently in an attempt to fire her.

Reader Comments

tekdude · 2023-03-01T22:59:29Z

Time to clean house, starting at the top. Nothing but pure evil has been running the show for far too long, obviously.

Suspect · 2023-03-02T01:37:52Z

The perpetrator did no one a favor, not even himself in any sense.. no benefit what so ever.. wasted the rest of his life in exchange for wasting someone else's life and did it for absolutely no reason. He even wasted that bullet. Now he will go to prison and continue to waste the food, man hours, and tax dollars required to prolong his miserable useless existence. Had he just put that bullet in his own head, the whole world would have benefited.

Joan · 2023-03-02T02:20:15Z

So is the result of so called, human rights in a woke ideology catch, catch and release only to be caught, captured, released, and commit crimes by individuals that should be removed from society. a danger for society, nd the general public at large.

I have nothing more to say, other, than it is the decision, how we as a Nation, as a country, as a community, within the country in which we live, determines how aberrant criminal behavior under universal law, is determined.

The recognition of the UN declaration of human rights put forth by Dag Hammarskjold would be a stat,

A memory lost, simply because, he told the truth to lies and wanted to bring Africa into the world of nations, my simplistic view.

Now the UN is nothing more than a geopolitical cesspit of lies, manipulation and fascistic ideology. Something that was fought against 70- 80 years ago.

And here I am, what do they call us a "baby Boomer" . Drains society because of my age and healthcare needs...LOL.

It is the grandchildren I pity, futures, thrown away, to finance a vast medical, militarily, agrioculturalgenocide.

Artex · 2023-03-02T14:49:08Z

I would kill myself if I had taken a video of a man spending over a minute trying to load and clear a gun to shoot a homeless man on the street, realizing I did absolutely nothing to help, not even calling 911 when I saw someone f-ing with a gun on the street in broad daylight. I would kill myself because living the rest of my life knowing I did nothing , even if not one single person blamed me , would scratch at my conscience day and night, because I could have done something, but was too cowardly to risk my well-being to save a stranger, or even cry out "someone do something!"

earthwatcher · 2023-03-03T01:09:14Z

Artex That is extremely sick. I agree with you. Even the person filming this heinous act and doing nothing else to help is a disgusting and narcissistic person. It seems that humans are more concerned with filming others killing just so they can get thumbs up on youtube.

earthwatcher · 2023-03-04T01:38:49Z

earthwatcher Here is another horrible video, but this time it is the police thugs abusing a homeless woman. [Link] They treated her like trash.

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