EAST ST. LOUIS • Police Chief Ranodore Foggs says the slaying of a man on an East St. Louis street is a real whodunnit that requires more detectives to solve than his department has.
That's why Foggs says he asked for help from the St. Louis area Major Case Squad at about 3 a.m. Friday, shortly after a man in his 30s was found gunned down in the 700 block of Veronica Street.
"We're unable to ID him. It was one of those whodunnits where we couldn't really tell if it was a robbery, an ambush," Foggs said. "I thought it was more appropriate for the case squad."
The dead man was in his 30s but police don't know much more.
"Something like this, where you have no witnesses, you need as many personnel as you can get to run it down. You need more legs and minds to follow up on who is this guy and where did he come from," Foggs said.
The commander of this investigation will be Capt. Ken Rozell of the Granite City Police Department. Ladue Police Lt. Bill Baker, who got the call early Friday to activate the squad, said 15 investigators from various departments are on the case. - http://goo.gl/vpK54
