Local Crime - Teen is charged in double shooting

Incident occurred in Signal Hill area
BY BETH HUNDSDORFER
News-Democrat
Antoine Mosby
Antoine Mosby

A teenager has been charged in connection with a double shooting in Belleville's Signal Hill neighborhood, and police said he brought a loaded gun to Belleville West High School to threaten his victim into silence.

Antoine Mosby, 17, of 240 N. 63rd St., East St. Louis, faces two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm after police said he shot a 24-year-old man and an 18-year-old man during a robbery attempt on Sept. 22.

The 18-year-old, a Belleville West student, attended a party near Signal Hill and was walking home when he called a 24-year-old friend for a ride home, but couldn't reach him, said St. Clair County Sheriff's Lt. Steve Johnson.

The victim then called Mosby for a ride, but Mosby told him that he couldn't provide one.

The 24-year-old and Mosby later arrived to give the teen a ride home on Signal Park Lane at about 11:45 p.m., but Johnson said Mosby showed the two men a gun and tried to rob them.

Both men told Mosby they didn't have any money, Johnson said.

Mosby pointed the gun at the 24-year-old, but Johnson said the gun malfunctioned and the two began to struggle. The 24-year-old was shot in the shoulder, Johnson said, then Mosby shot the 18-year-old.

The 24-year-old then drove himself and the teen to a St. Louis hospital for treatment so they would not have to report the shooting to police.

"They didn't want to call the police because they were scared," Johnson said.

Mosby went to the school in the days after the shooting to threaten the 18-year-old with a gun, Johnson said. A Belleville police officer working at Belleville West later heard of the shooting and interviewed the victim on Oct. 2.

The victim said he saw Mosby with the gun on the Belleville West parking lot.

The case was turned over to St. Clair County sheriff's deputies the next day because the shooting occurred in their jurisdiction. Mosby surrendered himself to deputies on Friday.

Mosby was charged on Saturday.

He remained Monday in the St. Clair County Jail in lieu of $150,000 bail.

Contact reporter Beth Hundsdorfer at bhundsdorfer@bnd.com or 239-2570.