Suspect in shooting death of teen on Missouri highway charged in second road incident
Summary
Willie James Herndon, 43, faces federal charges over a shooting into a vehicle near Interstate 55 in Missouri on October 11. He is also charged in Missouri with the October 14 killing of 17-year-old Alyssa Wilson, who was shot while driving on Interstate 170.Key Facts
- Wilson was shot in the back while driving on Interstate 170 and died after her car crashed into a concrete median.
- Prosecutors say a white SUV seen leaving the October 11 shooting matched the appearance of Herndon’s Buick Enclave.
- Police recovered a shell casing at the October 11 scene and are testing it to see whether it came from the weapon used to kill Wilson.
- Authorities tracked a vehicle they say was Herndon’s from the October 11 shooting and Wilson’s death to a hotel in Caseyville, Illinois.
- Prosecutors say Herndon tried to flee when they approached him at the hotel on October 16.
- Investigators said they found a rifle, ammunition, two license plates and handwritten notes about police vehicles in the hotel room.
- Federal prosecutors charged Herndon with being a felon in possession of a firearm; Missouri prosecutors separately charged him with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
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