FROM STAFF REPORTS | Posted: Monday, January 11, 2010 12:00 am | No Comments Posted
ST. LOUIS • Shonta M. Roper, 25, of the 2200 block of Osage Street, has been charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and escaping police custody.
Police said she shot her boyfriend on Friday during a domestic dispute in the 5500 block of Ashland Avenue.
About 10:30 p.m., Roper grabbed a handgun from a table during a fight and shot her boyfriend, Terrell Hadley, in the eye, police said. Police found Hadley, 29, on the floor of the living room of his home, where he was pronounced dead.
Roper fled and was arrested nearby in the 5800 block of Selbert Court. She escaped from police custody about 4:30 a.m. Saturday, then turned herself in about 8:45 a.m., police said.
Police did not say how Roper escaped except that she broke free from her handcuffs and took off.
She was being held without bail.
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