Garrett Jordan, a 26-year-old man, has been charged with the shooting death of 16-year-old Colin Brown on Interstate 55 in St. Louis last month, KSDK reported. Court documents say that on the night of Nov. 23, Jordan pursued a different vehicle onto I-55, at the same time that Brown was traveling north with his father, returning home from a hockey game. It is believed that Brown was hit by stray gunfire and succumbed to his injuries four days later.
Jordan now faces several charges, including first-degree murder, first-degree assault, and three counts of armed criminal action, as well as unlawfully using a weapon, reported by St. Louis Post-Dispatch. After tracing Jordan's phone to the scene and locating the Audi allegedly used during the crime, At the time, a home of one of Jordan's relatives. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office filed the charges this morning.
According to a statement obtained by Riverbender, the charges did not specify whether Jordan had been taken into custody. Police department spokesman Mitch McCoy emphasized the collaborative effort of law enforcement in response to the incident, saying, "When something like this happens, everybody will come together to assist and help and make sure that, as a law enforcement community, we send a very strong message to whoever did this that this type of disregard for human life will not be tolerated in this city or this region," as reported by KSDK.
Brown, a student at Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis County at the time of his death, was remembered by the community as an enthusiastic hockey player. Jordan, who was previously released from federal prison on numerous charges, including felon in possession of a firearm and drug charges, has allegedly confirmed to police that he was the only one in possession of his phone during the time of the shooting, according to court documents. Investigators leveraged this evidence, alongside surveillance footage to place him at the scene of the crime.
