JENNINGS, Mo. (AP/KMOX) — A St. Louis man who was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with suburban officers who were trying to arrest his brother has been charged with two felonies and the brother has been referred to federal prosecutors.
St. Louis County police said officers were arresting 31-year-old Lawton McKinnies on three counts of first-degree assault and three counts of armed criminal action. As police were arresting him, his brother, 30-year-old Dexter McKinnies, began firing at police. Four officers returned fire, wounding Dexter McKinnies. Police described his injuries as non-life-threatening.
The arrest was made after police set-up a meeting with Dexter McKinnies under a plan that the brothers would be performing maintenance work on a property in Jennings, according to a
release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Missouri. When Lawton McKinnies arrived, police arrested him on his felony warrant. Police searched McKinnies and found a weapon in his pocket. Police asked him some questions and McKinnies admitted having possession of the weapon and being a felon.
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September 1, 2020 Dexter McKinnies was charged Tuesday with assault and armed criminal action stemming from an Aug. 22 incident in which he is accused of shooting another person at least 15 times. The victim in that shooting remains hospitalized with serious injuries.
Police say Lawton McKinnies has been referred to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri for a weapons offense.
No attorney is listed for either brother in online court records.
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