Castle Point teen awaits bail hearing for 2023 QuikTrip murder

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – St. Louis County Circuit Court has scheduled a bond hearing for Monday for an 18-year-old from Castle Point for a 2023 murder at a Hazelwood QuikTrip.

According to the St. Louis County Police Department’s probable cause statement, the homicide occurred shortly before 10:30 p.m. on September 30, 2023, in the 7400 block of North Lindbergh Boulevard.

Police said a black Acura pulled into the QuikTrip parking lot and a red Dodge Avenger pulled in a short time later.

Three people in the Avenger began shooting at the Acura and the people in that vehicle. Charles Carbon, a passenger in the Acura, suffered fatal injuries.

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Police identified two of the shooters as Dakota Shelton and JaQuan Clarett.

Clarett was arrested and charged in November 2023. He is currently awaiting trial and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for January 17, 2025.

Meanwhile, Shelton, who was a minor at the time of the shooting, was arrested on Nov. 25.

The St. Louis County District Attorney’s Office charged Shelton with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. The court sentenced Shelton to prison on a $500,000 cash bond. After Monday’s bond hearing, Shelton will be back in court for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 18.

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