16-year-old charged in August double homicide, certified as an adult

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) -- A teenager was certified as an adult in the juvenile court system and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with a double homicide in St. Louis in August.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department announced Saturday that 16-year-old Jameer Johnson was charged in the shooting death of two men on the afternoon of August 17, 2022. Jeremiah Jackson, 20, and Montel Sanders, 30, were shot to death inside a vehicle in the 4300 block of Garfield in between the Vandeventer and Greater Ville neighborhoods. Two victims were found shot in a car and were pronounced dead at the scene.

Johnson has also been charged with two counts of armed criminal action. He and other detainees in the juvenile detention center assaulted a man while they tried to escape on September 25. The victim suffered serious injuries to his eye and shoulder.