Man pleads guilty in fatal I-55 shooting of teen hockey player Colin Brown
September 28, 2026
ST. LOUIS — One of four people charged in the 2024 killing of teenage hockey player Colin Brown pleaded guilty Monday to his role in Brown's death.
Donovan Baucom Jr. pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and three counts of armed criminal action.
Brown, 16, was heading back from a hockey game with his father on Interstate 55 in November 2024 when he was struck by a stray bullet near Loughborough Avenue. He died at the hospital a few days later.
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