ST. LOUIS — St. Louis prosecutors have charged a 22-year-old man in the deaths of a Chicago mother and daughter who were fatally struck by a Jeep after leaving a Drake concert.
Monte Henderson of suburban St. Louis was charged Thursday with two counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts of armed criminal action. Court records show he is jailed on a $200,000 bond and does not yet have an attorney. He doesn’t have a phone list.
The accident happened early Wednesday. Police said 42-year-old Laticha Bracero and her 21-year-old daughter, Alyssa Cordova, were crossing a downtown street when they were struck. Police said Henderson sped through a red light before his Jeep Cherokee struck another vehicle and then struck the women.
Bracero and Cordova came to St. Louis on Tuesday night to attend Drake’s performance.
The deaths have raised new concerns about reckless driving in St. Louis. Last February, a 17-year-old athlete from Tennessee, Janae Edmondson, lost both legs after being hit by a car following a downtown volleyball tournament.