Re: 18-year-old shoots man 15 times, hides body inside an air mattress, Missouri cops say

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On 22 Feb 2022, Molly Bolt <mollyth...@gmail.com> posted some
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> One dead coon who won't be in jail and another two take his place.

A rolled-up air mattress concealed the body of a 23-year-old man who was
shot repeatedly inside a Missouri home, police said. The accused
shooter, 18-year-old Jackson Pierce, was charged with second-degree
murder following the Monday, Jan. 8, incident in St. Peters, about 30
miles northwest of St. Louis. St. Peters police identified the victim as
23-year-old Dalton Coleman. Pierce told a witness Coleman had been
acting “erratic” while they were inside the home, according to a
probable cause statement. The witness, who was speaking on the phone
with Pierce, told the 18-year-old to distance himself from Coleman and
take with him a gun that was stored in a kitchen cabinet, police said.
Minutes later, the witness received another call from Pierce, who said
he had shot and killed Coleman, according to the court documents. Police
were called to the home and Pierce was taken into custody. While being
interviewed, he admitted to there being a body inside the residence,
police said. Officers searched the home and found a “rolled up air
mattress that had been tied tightly and wrapped with a piece of an
electrical cord,” police said in the probable cause statement. Inside
the mattress was the body of Coleman, who had a garbage bag over his
head. Pierce said the shooting happened as Pierce and a juvenile were in
a bedroom, police said. Coleman forced his way inside “and a physical
altercation took place.” When Pierce saw Coleman look at the gun on the
bedside table, he grabbed it and began firing at the victim, according
to the court documents. “Pierce stated the first shot hit (Coleman) in
the abdomen and he did not go down,” police said. “Pierce stated that he
continued to fire, 14 times until the gun was empty, and (Coleman) did
not fall to the ground until the last shot was fired.” Coleman was shot
15 times in the abdomen, hand and face, police said. Police announced
Pierce was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and
tampering with physical evidence. He was jailed on a $1 million bond.
The juvenile accused of helping Pierce conceal the body is also facing
charges, police said.

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