Homicide suspect dead after shootout with St. Louis police in Tower Grove South

Police said a woman was found dead on the front porch of a home. When officers tried to speak with the suspect, he fired shots at them.



Officers responded just before 9:30 p.m. Monday to a shooting in the area of Hartford Street and Bent Avenue, according to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. There, they found 55-year-old Elizabeth Colletta dead on the porch of a home.

Police said a suspect in Colletta's death, 50-year-old Walter Young, was still at the scene armed with a firearm. Young went inside the home after ignoring the officers' demands and refused to exit. A standoff ensued where police and the suspect exchanged gunfire.
The suspect was later found dead inside the home, police said. It was unknown whether it was the officers' shots that killed the suspect.
A man by the name of Walter Young posted several times on Facebook Monday night. He referenced Satan in multiple posts and typed, "Satan was still trying to sacrifice you."

In another post, he typed, "She tried to kill me and was stronger than I thought."
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