A 49-year-old Normandy man has been charged in connection with the killing of Dominique Hoskins, the 28-year-old Domino's employee who was shot and killed in the parking lot of the store where he worked last month. St. Louis County prosecutors charged Ike Buchanan with tampering with physical evidence and unlawful possession of a firearm, according to the Normandy Police Department, though no murder charge has been filed against him as charging documents remain unavailable to the public.
Hoskins was shot and killed shortly before 9 p.m. on July 8 in the parking lot outside the Domino's Pizza store at 7240 Natural Bridge Road, near Lucas and Hunt Road in Normandy, as reported by KSDK. The commercial corridor sits along a stretch of Natural Bridge Road adjacent to the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus. Buchanan was taken into custody following the charges, per the Normandy Police Department, as first reported by First Alert 4.
A Father, Teacher's Aide, and Pizza Deliveryman
Hoskins was working a summer delivery shift when gunfire broke out in the store's parking lot. Beyond his part-time pizza job, he worked full-time as a special education teacher's aide and was a father of two young children, with his partner expecting a third at the time of his death, KSDK reported. Family members described him as a devoted father and educator who held down two jobs to support his growing family.
One week after the shooting, with no suspect yet in custody, family members, friends, and neighbors gathered outside the Normandy Domino's for a candlelight vigil and balloon release on July 15 to honor Hoskins and press investigators to identify those responsible. The Normandy Police Department has said its condolences remain with Hoskins's family and loved ones, and that Buchanan's arrest represents an important step toward achieving justice and supporting the family's healing process.
Charges Fall Short of Murder Count
The charges filed against Buchanan do not include homicide. Tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution is a Class E felony under Missouri Revised Statutes § 575.100, the lowest level of felony offense in the state, carrying up to four years in prison, according to Recording Law. The unlawful firearm possession charge, filed under Missouri Revised Statutes § 571.070, is typically a Class D felony punishable by two to seven years in prison, but the penalty escalates to a Class C felony carrying up to 10 years if the defendant has a prior dangerous felony conviction, per Rose Legal Services. Missouri law imposes a broad lifetime ban on firearm possession for anyone with a felony conviction, and a parallel federal prohibition under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) could expose Buchanan to federal prosecution carrying up to 10 years, since federal prosecutors in eastern Missouri regularly adopt local felon-in-possession cases.
Policing a Shared North County Corridor
Normandy sits within a stretch of north St. Louis County where municipal police departments often operate alongside consolidated regional bodies such as the North County Police Cooperative, established in 2015 to provide shared policing across 10 small municipalities, as previously reported by Hoodline. The arrangement reflects how small north county towns frequently pool police resources across shared borders, a pattern that has shaped other recent cases in the area, including an April assault case tied to a Spanish Lake shooting involving a Normandy resident.
As of publication, charging documents against Buchanan have not been made public, leaving unresolved whether prosecutors view him as the person who fired the shot that killed Hoskins or as someone who concealed evidence after the fact. That distinction carries real weight under Missouri law, since evidence-tampering and firearm-possession charges carry far lighter statutory penalties than homicide. Further charges could still follow as the investigation continues.
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