East St. Louis Shooting Kills 5 Relatives After Teen, Boyfriend Allegedly Plot Attack
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Updated · St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 13
East St. Louis Shooting Kills 5 Relatives After Teen, Boyfriend Allegedly Plot Attack
3 articles · Updated · St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 13
Summary
Five of Marcus May’s family members were killed in a targeted weekend shooting in East St. Louis, leaving him to mourn what he called the loss of his “whole family in one fell swoop.”
The attack was described as a planned killing of relatives, with authorities saying a teen girl and her boyfriend plotted the murders.
Monday images from May’s home showed him holding an old family photo as he grieved his mother, Patricia May, his older sister, Cherie May, and other relatives killed in the shooting.
The case has drawn attention as a family-targeted mass killing, underscoring the scale of the loss for a single surviving relative.