Metro East woman struck, killed in while crossing the street
Police are still searching for a suspect
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Police are investigating after a Metro East mother was killed in a hit-and-run Wednesday night while leaving a local bar and grill.
Family are grieving LaTasha Johnson, 45, a mother of three children.
Shell Washington said she was leaving Joe Man’s Bar & Grill on St. Clair Avenue in Washington Park when she and her sister, Johnson hugged to say goodbye.
“I had just left her not even five minutes, and it happened,” said Washington.
A source close to the investigation confirmed to First Alert 4 Washington Park Police are investigating the woman’s death.
“It’s going to be at 38th and St. Clair, 38th and St. Clair,” said the 911 dispatcher. “A female was struck by a vehicle in the middle of the roadway. Unknown conscious, unknown breathing.
Washington said she got a call from her friend just minutes after leaving.
“She was just like, you need to come back. Tasha got hit, and I was like my sister?” questioned Washington. “Get out the car and I come to her and it was the worst thing to ever see, a sibling just lying there on they face, not moving not saying nothing. Didn’t want to believe she was dead, but I knew she was deceased at that point.”
911 operator: “The suspect vehicle is a gold Tahoe headed westbound.”
Leonard Moore, mayor of Washington Park, confirmed the gold Tahoe was left abandoned near 58th and Forest, roughly 3 miles from the hit-and-run. Washington said police told family there was no suspect in sight.
First Alert 4 went to the Washington Park Police Department to get details on this case – a source close to the investigation confirmed a woman was hit and killed, and they’re investigating.
“You drug my sister from across the street, and she landed all the way across the street at a stoplight and you still didn’t stop?” Washington asked.
Moore said this stretch of St. Clair Avenue is known for dangerous driving, and Washington agrees.
“They need more speed bumps, cameras, anything not just for her sake but for the next person, it’s always something that’s happening on this corner,” said Washington.
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