St. Louis: A man was wounded in the Shaw neighborhood about 4:15 a.m. Wednesday when an unknown gunman fired four shots through the victim’s front door. Charles Lavazzi, 49, was shot in the chest; he was in serious but stable condition Wednesday evening at an area hospital. Lavazzi told police that a man had knocked on his door in the 4100 block of Shaw Boulevard and asked if he could shovel his walk. Lavazzi said he did not open the door and that when he replied, “No,” the man fired four shotsthrough the door. Police refused to speculate on a motive. Lavazzi is a part-time volunteer at radio station KDHX-FM, where he does an arts calendar and co-hosts a ragtime show.
RELATIVE CHARGED IN WOMAN’S ASSAULT – 29 Aug 1994
A relative of an 85-year-old woman was charged Sunday with first-degree assault after the woman was beaten and possibly sexually assaulted in her home in the city’s Shaw neighborhood.
The woman remained in critical condition Sunday.
Police identified the suspect as Reginald Cunningham, 19, of the 2200 block of Thurman Avenue.
Police said Cunningham admitted punching and kicking the victim late Friday or early Saturday. “The suspect said he had been drinking heavily and became angry when she called him a name,” said Detective Louis Clayton.
Another relative of the victim found her on the floor about 7 a.m. Saturday and, thinking she had fallen, helped her into bed. Relatives called an ambulance when they discovered her unresponsive about 1 p.m.
Cunningham was arrested later Saturday.
Cunningham did not admit that he sexually assaulted the victim, police said, but hospital personnel reported that she had injuries consistent with a rape attempt.
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