ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis appeared in court Monday afternoon for a triple shooting outside a Walgreens in the Central West End last week.
According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s probable cause statement, the shooting happened on Friday, March 7 in the 4200 block of Lindell Boulevard.
Police responded to the Walgreens and found two people (Victims 1 and 2) suffering from gunshot wounds. They found a third individual (Victim 3) in a nearby parking lot, who’d also been shot.
Officers learned that Victims 1 and 3 got into an argument in the Walgreens and agreed to settle things with a fight outside the store. The fight ensued, with neither person using a weapon.
At one point, police said Markayla Marbley, 19, took out a handgun and approached Victims 1 and 3. Marbley fired one shot and wounded Victim 3. The fighting ceased.
Police said Marbley fired additional shots and struck Victims 1 and 2.
Marbley was arrested and later admitted that she intended to shoot Victim 1 to stop the fight, police said.
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office charged Marbley with two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action. She was jailed without bond.