3 Arrested in Ferguson Shooting that Killed Mother of Five
Police said the three suspects face second-degree murder, first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon charges.
- On Monday, the Ferguson Police Department announced three arrests in connection with the June 30 shooting death of Shakeela Martin at a BP gas station.
- Martin, a mother of five, was struck by stray gunfire while buying slushies for her children at the Ferguson, Missouri gas station in an incident police said came from a nearby vehicle.
- Cellphone data allowed police to identify Marcus Evans, 21, Jontez Young, 19, and Kyren Farmer, 21; each faces charges including second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and armed criminal action.
- St. Louis County Prosecutor Melissa Price Smith vowed to pursue justice, with Evans held on $2 million bond and Young and Farmer each on $2.5 million cash-only bonds.
- Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle confirmed the investigation remains active and additional arrests are possible as the community seeks an end to local violence.
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‘Trying to do what a mother does’: Mom of 5 buying slushies for her kids to celebrate moving into new home shot dead in front of them, cops say
Inset, top: Shakeela Martin (GoFundMe). Bottom insets, from left: Marcus Evans, Kyren Farmer and Jontez Young (Ferguson police). Background: The BP gas station in Missouri where Martin was killed (KMOV). Three Missouri men are accused of fatally shooting a 35-year-old mother of five who was at a gas station buying slushies for her children to...
Three Charged in Ferguson Gas Station Killing
CLAYTON, MO. — Three men have been charged in connection with a June 30, 2026, shooting at a BP gas station at South Florissant and Woodstock roads in Ferguson, MO., that killed a 35-year-old mother of five - Shakeela Martin - and wounded another person, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said.The office said Marcus Evans, 21, Jontez Young, 19, and Kyren Farmer, 21, each were charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assaul…
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