06/16/1989 - Report #168 - Victim: Sherman Stewart - Location: Kinloch, MO
MCS Report #168
Classification: Homicide
Requesting Agency: Kinloch Police Department
Date of Activation: 06/16/1989
Commander and Department: Capt. Gene Hoff, Bridgeton PD
Deputy Report Officer and Department: Det. Ralph Campbell, St. Louis Metropolitan PD
Victim: Sherman Stewart
Suspects: John Earl Luckett and Jerome M. Luckett
The Kinloch Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Sherman Stewart (age 29). At approximately 12:18am, police officers responded to the 8100 block of Stanza Avenue for a report of a vehicle accident. While officers were enroute to the vehicle accident, they received a second call of shots fired at the same location. When they arrived on scene, they located Sherman Stewart slumped over in the driver’s seat of a 1978 Cadillac which was in the yard of an apartment building. He had been shot and was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.
As a result of this investigation, John Luckett (age 30) and his nephew, Jerome Luckett (age 18), were both charged with Murder 1st Degree and Armed Criminal Action.
