Woman Fatally Shoots Ex-Boyfriend After Ending Relationship

A woman was charged with shooting and killing ex-boyfriend after ending a romantic relationship with him, police said Wednesday.

29-year-old Shaquavia Willis was charged by the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

The victim was identified as 33-year-old Christian Stewart.

Police responded just after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday to the 11800 block of Iguana Terrace Drive where they found Stewart suffering from at least one gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Willis turned herself in to police.

According to investigators, Willis and Stewart had been in a relationship for about a year. Willis broke up with Stewart when she saw him on a video call with an ex-girlfriend.

Stewart followed Willis home after the breakup. Witnesses told police they heard shots and saw a woman getting out of a car, walking toward a man and shooting at him, according to St. Louis County police.

Willis told police she’d gotten the gun two weeks before the shooting, and admitted shooting at Stewart in her car and as he was running away. Willis said she only stopped shooting when she ran out of bullets, according to police.

Willis was being held on $400,000 cash-only bail.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-8477 and leave an anonymous tip.

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