A fistfight outside a north St. Louis County gas station turned into a shooting that left two men wounded on Saturday, August 29, and now a 30-year-old man is facing felony charges after turning himself in to police hours later. Arrishaun A. Lewis is accused of pulling a gun during the brawl and shooting both men, according to police.
The chaos unfolded at a Phillips 66 station in the 9000 block of Natural Bridge Road, a stretch of North St. Louis County that borders the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus, according to the Normandy Police Department. As reported by Fox 2, Lewis and an unidentified man arrived at the gas station behind another vehicle carrying two men, and an argument broke out that led to a fistfight, with one of the two men in that vehicle punching one of the other men. Police say Lewis then pulled out a gun and shot both men during the fight.
One of the victims ran toward a QuikTrip across the street from the gas station and collapsed near that location, police said. EMS treated him before he was taken to a hospital, while the other victim drove himself to a hospital, per the same account. Police say Lewis attempted to pursue one of the victims as he ran away before he and the unidentified man left the scene together in their vehicle. The entire shooting was captured on video, the outlet reports.
Suspect Turns Himself In Same Day
Lewis turned himself in later that same day, August 29, and told officers he was involved in the shooting, according to police. He is now in custody. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has charged him with two counts each of armed criminal action and first-degree assault.
The case will move through a prosecuting attorney's office that has sharpened its focus on gun violence over the past year and a half. KSDK reported that Prosecuting Attorney Melissa Price Smith, who was sworn into office in January 2025, reinstated a dedicated Violent Crime Unit to review weapon and assault cases in real time after succeeding Wesley Bell. The office operates with 66 assistant prosecutors spread across 12 specialized teams, including units devoted to violent crime and homicide, serving a county of nearly one million residents, according to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
Steep Penalties Await If Convicted
The charges Lewis faces carry significant weight under Missouri law. First-degree assault is classified as a Class B felony carrying 5 to 15 years in prison, but escalates to a Class A felony punishable by 10 to 30 years or life imprisonment if a victim suffers serious physical injury, according to Rose Legal Services. The statute also designates first-degree assault as a dangerous felony, meaning a convicted offender must serve at least 85% of any prison sentence before becoming eligible for parole or probation.
The armed criminal action counts add further exposure. That charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of three years in prison for a first offense, which must run consecutively to any underlying felony sentence and comes with no eligibility for probation, per the Russek Law Group. It remains unclear from available records how severe either victim's injuries were, which will factor into whether the assault counts are ultimately treated as Class A or Class B felonies. The identity and legal status of the second, unidentified man who left the scene with Lewis has also not been disclosed.
Another Shooting on the Same Corridor
This is not the only recent burst of violence at a commercial parking lot along Natural Bridge Road in Normandy. Just weeks earlier, Normandy police investigated a fatal shooting at a Domino's location at 7240 Natural Bridge Road, after a 49-year-old man was charged in connection with the death of worker Dominique Hoskins, according to Hoodline's earlier reporting.
Natural Bridge Road has long carried a reputation for violence in this part of North St. Louis County. A stretch of the road near Goodfellow Boulevard gained enough regional notoriety for frequent violent crime that community members nicknamed a local gas station there the “Murder Mobil,” according to reporting cited by Muck Rack. A Missouri Department of Transportation safety assessment also found that the corridor historically experienced three times the rate of pedestrian crashes compared to similar roadways across the state, underscoring broader infrastructure concerns along the strip.
Normandy Police, which provides contracted municipal law enforcement to several neighboring North County communities including Bel-Ridge and Cool Valley, generated more than $1.3 million in contract revenue for the city in fiscal year 2025, Hoodline previously reported. Lewis is scheduled to appear for a bond reduction hearing on September 8, followed by a preliminary hearing on October 7.
