St. Charles duo charged with shooting in connection with botched drug theft

St. Charles County, Missouri – A St. Charles man and woman were arrested Wednesday for a shooting at a gas station during a drug deal gone wrong.

According to St. Charles County police, the shooting occurred at a gas station between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. An exact time and location were not given.

The victim told police that a man shot him in the parking lot of a gas station. The shooter was accompanied by a woman.

The victim said he picked up the woman at a nearby location and drove her to the gas station where he planned to sell her marijuana. The woman allegedly took the marijuana as well as other personal items and ran from the victim's car.

Police said the victim ran after her but was shot multiple times. The victim tried to run back to his car but collapsed. The shooter and the woman reportedly ran back to the shooter's house.

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Investigators reviewed surveillance video from the gas station and spoke with employees, who identified both the shooter and the woman as regular customers and said the woman had applied for a job at the station months earlier.

Using this information, police identified the suspects as Mary Jane Nolan and Tyrone Chase Jr. Officers arrested both of them at Chase's apartment.

During questioning, Nolan confirmed, according to police, that they had planned to steal the victim's marijuana because she had previously purchased marijuana from him in the past.

The St. Charles County District Attorney's Office charged Chase with first-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful possession of a weapon and aiding and abetting first-degree robbery. Nolan was charged with aiding and abetting first-degree assault, aiding and abetting first-degree robbery and aiding and abetting armed criminal action. Both were held on $500,000 cash bail.

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