New charges that were issued in fatal shootings on a North County market

St. Louis County, Mon (first alarm 4) – When examining a fatal shootout on a market in North County, new charges were issued.

Ken'vonte Bownes, 21, from the 1200 block of the Lakeview Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri, is charged with the first degree and armed criminal measures. The components are on 200,000 US dollars, only in cash, No. 10 percent bond.

According to the police documents, the police in St. Louis County were called to the Spanish Seemarkt on the 11900 block of the Larimore Road on February 16 to call a shootout. On arrival, the officers found the 18 -year -old Demond Taylor from the 1200 block of the June Road in St. Louis, Missouri, in the neck, the left forearm and the lower body. He was taken to a hospital where he later died.

According to the police, surveillance videos from the market shows that Brownes enters the business with a visible weapon. Brownes makes a purchase and leaves the business while Taylor enters the business and the two make eye contact. Brownes then lifts his weapon and shoots Taylor several times. Then he runs to his car, runs back onto the market and takes Taylor's weapon. Brownes then runs outside to a black Audi and leaves.

The police say that Brownes' cell phone will localize him near the market at the time of the shootout.

Brownes was arrested on Thursday. The police said he recently contested that he was on the Spanish sea market, but later admitted to shoot Taylor in self -defense and that he was still alive when he took his gun.

The St. Louis County Police Department Bureau of Crimes Against Personal Detective take over this investigation.

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