One Charged, Second Man Wanted In Pizza Delivery Killing of Parkway Grad

St. Louis County police said Chester Romelle Woods, 20, is charged with second-degree murder and robbery in the shooting death of Parkway South graduate Daniil Maksimenko, 22, of Ballwin. 

Maksimenko, a 2008 graduate of y, was confronted and shot multiple times, including in the head, while on an Imo's pizza delivery run in Hillsdale around 12:45 a.m. Saturday. 

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Woods, of the 2100 block of Rosebud Avenue in St. Louis County, is being held on $250,000 bail at the St. Louis County jail, according to police.

Authorities said he made his first court appearance Monday, but was actually charged on Sunday.

Woods is not charged with the actual shooting of Maksimenko. Investigators are still searching for more suspects, including the gunman.

Rick Eckhard, spokesperson for the St. Louis County Police Department, said detectives have identified one person they want to talk to in connection to the shooting, Shermell A. Crockett.

A photo of Crockett is included in the photo section of this article. Police said in a news release that Crockett, 20, is known to stay in the Hillsdale and Pine Lawn area.

"Shermell Crockett is only wanted for questioning about the incident.  No warrants have been issued charging him with a crime," the release states.

"We are looking for him as far as questioning," Eckhard tells Patch. "We believe four people are involved with this. Woods and three others. Right now, we only have the second person identified, Shermell Crockett. It's very possible there could be two more people involved, or not."

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According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Woods confessed to police his involvement in the case, but he is not the gunman. The Post reports, that court records indicate Maksimenko was robbed at gunpoint by Woods and three others and was robbed only of the pizza. Previously, Hillsdale police reported 

Eckhard said a pizza was stolen, but points out this case is still under investigation.

"We don't know at this point if anything else was taken," Eckhard tells Patch. "Could he have been robbed of other items, sure, but we don't know, he's deceased."

A press release sent out by Eckhard Tuesday afternoon states that robbery appears to be the motive.

"I don't know if we'll every really truly know the motive, even after these individuals are in custody," Eckhard tells Patch. 

However, for now, Eckhard said that's what detectives need to do, identify and round up suspects and they need the public's help to do so.

"We're waiting for people to call us with information to help us identify the other two people," Eckhard said Monday.

Anyone with information is asked to contact St. Louis County Police Dispatch at 314 889-2341. St. Louis County police are investigating and dispatch for the Hillsdale Police Department.

Anonymous tips can also be called in to Crime Stoppers at 866-371-TIPS. 
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