O’FALLON, Mo. – One man is dead and a woman is in critical condition at the hospital following a shooting Monday morning in an O’Fallon residential neighborhood.
According to Sgt. Brian Harr, an O’Fallon Police Department spokesman, the shooting happened around 6:10 a.m. at a home on Pewter Court.
Officers arrived at the residence and found a 40-year-old man dead and a 29-year-old woman suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The St. Charles County Ambulance District rushed the woman to a local hospital.
Harr said investigators believe the man shot the woman before turning the gun on himself.
The names of those involved are being withheld, pending notification of family members, Harr said.