Texas Couple Charged in Fatal Shooting of Teen Driving to St. Louis Zoo Halloween Event
Photo: The Guardian USSt. Louis County prosecutors charged Texas man Willie Herndon with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of 17-year-old Alyssa Wilson, prosecuting attorney Melissa Price Smith announced Monday. Wilson was driving south on Interstate 170 in Overland, Missouri, around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, 14 October, to a Halloween event at the St. Louis Zoo. Court records say at least one bullet hit the back of her car, leaving her incapacitated before it struck a concrete median barrier. She died at Barnes-Jewish hospital. Herndon's wife, Taiya Herndon, of Arlington, Texas, is charged with hindering prosecution; Smith said she drove him to an Illinois hotel 12 miles from St. Louis. Jack Abell of the Major Case Squad said security video helped identify the suspects. It is unclear whether the couple has lawyers.
The only right-leaning article collected, from Breitbart, covers a different event, a fatal shooting at a Humble, Texas, softball game, and does not mention this case. Alternative or independent outlets had not reported the story at the time of writing. Left-leaning outlets did, focusing on the charges, the investigation and Wilson's father's remarks. They differ on Willie Herndon's age: 43 in one, 42 in the other.
How the sides differ Left sources detail charges and the investigation; the right-leaning article collected covers a different shooting, and alternative sources have not covered this story.
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The Guardian US and NBC News lead with the charges against the Herndons, the court records and Abell's account of the investigation. NBC also features Wilson's father, Robert Hickman, and notes the lack of legal representation information.
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The only right-leaning article collected, from Breitbart, covers a separate fatal shooting at a softball game in Humble, Texas, citing a sister and the Harris County Sheriff's Office; it does not address the Wilson case.