Video shows gunman nonchalantly shooting homeless man execution-style in broad daylight in St. Louis
A St. Louis man was arrested Tuesday after 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 the charged, according to the RiverFront Times.
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, bystander video posted online shows.
He then appeared to fire on the yet-to-be identified victim.
“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 Monday at around 10 a.m., police said.
“Any homicide is unnerving,” Maj. 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, the Dispatch reported. Thomas then chased him across the street before allegedly shooting him, the paper said.
Cousins said the suspect is likely in his 40s.
The video was posted on Twitter but was taken down 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 the scene.