A House Springs man has been charged for allegedly shooting two women before shooting himself, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Officer reported today, July 26.
Robert Winkelman, 73, has been charged with two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action, and a no-bond warrant has been issued for his arrest, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Winkelman and the women were in critical condition today at area hospitals, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
On Saturday, July 25, Winkelman allegedly shot a 38-year-old woman in the head after confronting her about activities at a home on Doetzel Drive in House Springs. He then allegedly shot the woman’s 17-year-old daughter in the head after the younger woman attempted to provide first aid to her mother, according to the report.
Deputies were called at about 8:30 p.m. and learned Winkelman was outside his home across the street from the shooting. When they approached him, Winkelman shot himself in the head, the report said.
Investigators were told that Winkelman had ongoing frustrations regarding activities at the neighboring home, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
The triple shooting came a day after two men were shot at a home in Cedar Hill. A 24-year-old man was killed, and a 51-year-old man was injured in that shooting.
The Sheriff’s Office arrested Christopher Serrano after a foot chase today in Cedar Hill.
Serrano has been charged with first-degree murder, first-degree armed criminal action and a second count of armed criminal action for allegedly shooting the two men on Friday, July 24, at a home in the in the 7300 block of Lakeshore Drive in Cedar Hill.
The Sheriff’s Office said the two shootings did not appear to be connected.
Editor's note: This story was updated at 1:05 p.m.
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Two women and the man suspected of shooting them were critically injured Saturday night, July 25, in House Springs, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reported.
Deputies were called at about 8:30 p.m. to Doetzel Drive for a reported shooting. When they arrived, two women suffering from gunshot wounds were located, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
Deputies learned the alleged shooter was at a home across the street from where the women were found. When authorities approached the man outside the home, he shot himself, the report said.
The triple shooting occurred the day after two men were shot at a home on Lakeshore Drive in Cedar Hill.
On Friday night, July 24, a 24-year-old man was shot and killed, and a 51-year-old man was injured in a shooting. The man suspected of shooting the men had not been arrested as of today, Sheriff Dave Marshak said.
The Sheriff’s Office said the shootings in House Springs and Cedar Hill do not appear to be connected.
The Sheriff’s Office plans to hold a news conference today to address the two recent shootings.
The back-to-back shootings are the fourth incidents of gun violence in Jefferson County since near the end of June.
Two people, the 24-year-old man in Cedar Hill and a teenage girl at a home in the Hillsboro area, were killed in separate shootings, and one man and three juveniles have been charged in two of the shootings.
Chase Hoofman, 20, of Festus was charged two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of unlawful use of a weapon for allegedly shooting at a group of people on June 23 at the Cedar Hill River Access.
Hoofman was shot by people in the group who he allegedly shot at on June 23. He was treated and released from the hospital following the shooting, and on July 7, he was arrested and booked at the Jefferson County in Hillsboro.
As of today, he was being held without bond, according to jail records.
Three juveniles were charged after Gabbriana Boyster, 16, was shot and killed on July 10 at her home in the 7900 block of Tower Road north of Hillsboro. The Sheriff’s Office reported her body was found the next day.
The Sheriff’s Office reported that the three juveniles were believed to be at the home when Boyster was shot. The juveniles were turned over to the Jefferson County Juvenile Office.
One of the juveniles was charged with involuntary manslaughter, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and abandonment of a corpse. The two other juveniles were each charged with abandonment of a corpse.
Authorities have not released the ages or additional information about the juveniles.
Boyster was an incoming junior at Hillsboro High School.