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Man Fatally Shot Woman Inside Car, Then Got Out And Killed Himself, County PD Says
A 19-year-old man shot a 51-year-old woman while they were riding in a car in North County before police say he got out and shot himself.
January 11, 2021
A 19-year-old man shot a 51-year-old woman while they were riding in a car in North County, before police say he got out and shot himself. Officers with the St. Louis County Police Department found a man and a woman shot in the 11000 block of Lilac Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Officers later determined that Denise Edwards, 51, of North County, was driving a car in the 11000 block of Lilac when Brian Thurman, 19, who was also inside the car, shot her. Thurman then got out of the car and shot himself. The car veered off the road and hit a tree. Edwards was pronounced dead at the scene. Paramedics took Thurman to a hospital where he later died. A gun was recovered at the scene.
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