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After overnight shooting, Cherokee Street holds Cinco de Mayo Festival
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ST. LOUIS – One of the largest Cinco de Mayo celebrations in St. Louis returned Saturday, beginning hours after an overnight shooting on its grounds. Police are also investigating a second shooting Saturday on Cherokee Street as the festival was wrapping up for the day.
Thousands gathered Saturday for the Cinco de Mayo Festival along Cherokee Street in south St. Louis for a parade, live performances, food, drinks and more.
Just before midnight Saturday, two people died, and two others were hurt in a shooting right in the heart of Cherokee Street at Exotic Bar and Grill. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department says details surrounding what led up to this incident are still being investigated, and no suspect information is available at this time.
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When officers responded to the scene Friday, they found a 34-year-old man with gunshot wounds to his thigh and elbow. He was taken to a nearby hospital and treated. Officers were told that two victims – one man in his 20’s and another in his 40’s – were taken to a hospital, and both later died from their injuries.
Another victim, a 24-year-old woman, was grazed on her foot. Homicide detectives with SLMPD are handling the investigation.
On Saturday, the Cinco de Mayo festival was in full swing. It’s brought up to 40,000 people in the past to celebrate Mexican culture.
FOX 2 spoke to several festival goers about last night’s incident and how safe they felt Saturday:
“I’ve been enjoying my time here the entire time. There’s been nothing going on that I feel that I’m unsafe,” said festival goer DeJuan Parks. “I feel there is enough police presence here that we feel safe.”
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“I think the special thing about Cherokee Street is there’s like a sense of community here,” said festival goer Fursan. “People kind of know each other, people have each other’s back, so I think that sense of community brings a sense of comfort and safety here.”
“I do feel safe,” said another festival goer. “It just feels like another parade.”
More than 100 vendors set up along six blocks of Cherokee Street, offering food, drinks and family-friendly activities in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. The festival also includes artists, a mechanical bull, Lucha Libre wrestling, and two entertainment stages.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are behind bars after a man reportedly attacked a Jefferson County deputy with a screwdriver during an attempted arrest over the weekend.
Prosecutors have charged Nicholas Davis, 47, and Amanda Davis, 45, of Dittmer, Missouri, with felonies in the investigation.
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The alleged attack followed a traffic stop of a driver in the 9500 block of Jones Creek Road on July 7, though the driver was not Nicholas or Amanda.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Nicholas reportedly came out of his nearby home, yelled at a deputy and started approaching him while holding a screwdriver. The deputy initially ordered Nicholas to back away, then used pepper spray.
Per court documents, the deputy attempted to arrest Nicholas, who then struck him in the chest with the screwdriver. Amanda reportedly approached the deputy and pulled him away from Nicholas before both ran inside their home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the situation prompted an hours-long standoff involving negotiators, a SWAT team and a K-9 deputy. The situation led to Nicholas refusing warnings and being bitten by a K-9.
Nicholas and Amanda are both jailed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Nicholas is charged with first-degree assault on a special victim and armed criminal action. Amanda is charged with resisting/interfering with arrest.
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ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis schools superintendent will be officially sworn into office today. Dr. Keisha Scarlett took over the job in July after the retirement of Dr. Kelvin Adams. She was assistant superintendent in the Seattle Public School District. The installation ceremony is at 6:15 p.m. before the regular school board meeting.
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ST. LOUIS — A gasoline tanker truck crashed into a Metro transit center near Riverview and Hall Streets early Tuesday morning and knocked over a power pole. The pole is leaning on other power lines. Police have the area blocked off here because there is a downed power line. Ameren and Metro crews are also on the scene.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. It’s still unclear exactly what caused the crash, but we do that there was a second vehicle somehow involved. The airbags on that second vehicle did deploy.
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Police at the scene have not been able to give us a lot of details. Metro officials tell FOX 2 that the transit center here is operating this morning for passengers and buses. Access to certain areas will be limited here as clean up unfolds.
A Metro spokesperson says half of the station isn’t being used right now because of safety issues. It isn’t impacting overall bus operations, everything is just happening on the other side of transit center.
The extent of the damage to the actual transit center is still unclear, but I’m told it does not appear to be extreme. A Metro spokesperson tells me there were no injuries to any metro workers or passengers. The tanker driver also was not injured.
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