St. Louis man linked to 6 murders, FBI says | St. Louis News Headlines

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) – A St. Louis man who is a suspected serial killer has been arrested for crimes that span Missouri.

Perez Reed, who turns 26 on Nov. 10, is accused of shooting six people, four fatally, with the same .40 caliber gun. He was arrested Friday while he was traveling from Kansas City to St. Louis. He was taken into custody when he got off a train in Independence. When he was arrested, Reed reportedly had the .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol on him that matched the shell casings found at unsolved shootings in St. Louis City and County in September 2021.

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Reed with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree assault and three counts of armed criminal action. In The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Reed has been charged with one count of interstate transportation of a firearm with intent to commit a felony. St. Louis City police told News 4 warrants against Reed in their jurisdiction were being applied on Monday morning.

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6 killed, 2 injured in shootings

Reed’s alleged crime spree began on Sept. 12 at a bus stop on Chambers Road in St. Louis County. Police said Reed shot a man who was waiting for a bus multiple times in the chest. The man was left with serious injuries and a permanent disability.

The following day, Reed is accused of shooting Marnay Haynes, 16, at least two times in a “distinctive manner,” killing her in the 9900 block of Glen Owen Drive.

Three days later, police said Reed shot a 28-year-old woman in the face behind a building in the 4500 block of Adelaide. Officers found the woman at a BP gas station on West Florissant looking for help. She survived the shooting but was unable to speak to detectives. However, documents show a blood trail led investigators to where the shooting took place. 

Within two hours, detectives in north St. Louis linked the suspected serial killer to another woman’s death — 49-year-old Pamela Abercrombie. She was found wounded lying on the sidewalk in the 3800 block of West Florissant. She died at the hospital. 

After Abercrombie’s death, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department sent a public safety alert warning that some sex workers were being targeted by an unknown gunman. 

On Sept. 19, Reed is accused of murdering 24-year-old Casey Ross, who was found shot in a vacant lot near the intersection of 15th and Mullanphy just after 12 p.m.

Then, on Sept. 26, detectives identified a familiar distinctive manner while investigating the shooting death of Lester Robinson in the 1700 block of Barbados Lane in St. Louis County. The shooting had similarities to the Haynes’ murder.

Reed then allegedly made his way to Kansas City, where he is accused of killing Damon Irvin, 35, on Nov. 1 and Rau’Daja Fairrow, 25, a day later. Both lived in apartments at the Wyandotte Towers and were shot to death, investigators said.

Evidence linking Reed to murders

In court documents, the FBI detailed the evidence used to…