Crime & Safety
Friend Charged With Murder of U City Man
Cameron Reed has been charged in connection with the death of ONeal Stafford.
A friend of ONeal Stafford has been charged in connection with his death Sunday.
St. Louis County Police report that Cameron Reed, 25, shot Stafford after a heated argument between the two friends.
See our previous story: U City Man Found Shot to Death in North County
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The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office Tuesday charged Reed, of the 10000 block of Winkler, with one count of second-degree murder and one count of Armed Criminal Action.
The St. Louis County Police Department North County Precinct responded to a report of a person down on Winkler at Chambers at 3:20 a.m. on June 30. Officers found 25-year-old ONeal Stafford dead from a gunshot wound at the scene.
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Reed was arrested on Monday, July 1, and confessed to his involvement in the crime to investigative detectives, according to the County Police.
Bond was set at $250,000, cash-only.
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