Suspect Arrested for Killing Teen over Gold Chain

KSDK -- A Florissant teen was arrested Tuesday and charged with the murder of a 19-year-old over a gold chain, St. Louis Metropolitan Police said.
According to Erica Van Ross, a police spokesperson, investigators have charged 18-year-old Marquise Atkins with one count of first-degree murder, one count of robbery and two counts of armed criminal action.

Police said the victim, Terrance Mims, was walking home in the 5100 block of Riverview on Sunday around 8:25 p.m. when he was approached an unknown number of suspects, who demanded he give them his gold chain.

One of the suspects punched Mims in the mouth and Atkins allegedly pulled out a gun and shot at the victim as he ran away from the scene, Van Ross said. Mims was hit once in the head and pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Police have not released any additional information regarding the other suspects, Van Ross said.

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Comment by Alec Whobrey on June 25, 2008 at 4:15pm: 25 ta Life for a damn gold chain... lucky to be 14K. Dumb ass dude.

Comment by yaya1020 on June 25, 2008 at 6:14pm: he look crazy as hell

Comment by Im His Mrs.Mainstar on June 25, 2008 at 11:08pm: OH BOY THE SUFFERNING U ARE ABOUT 2 FACE IN JAIL! IT AINT GONNA BE NOTHING COMPARE 2 THE LIFE IN PRISON! NIGGA U WAS'NT THINKING WORTH SHIT!
ONCE AGAIN I BLAME IT ON THE PARENTING SKILLS THEY WAS NOT UP 2 PAR
THA UGLY NIGGA RITE THEIR NEEDED A HUG AND LOOK LIKE HE NEEDED A 50 CHUNCC OF DOPE!

Comment by young blac on June 25, 2008 at 11:50pm: ST.LOUIS ST.LOUIS ST.LOUIS ST.LOUIS(a fucking gold chain god help this boi)

Comment by nicodelic on June 26, 2008 at 12:59am: hahaha @ Nakia`s tha ugly nigga rite the comment,anyway the whole world is getting brains washed by tv,believing being a man is being gangster.man too much tv,get a book and be productive,everybody stands for nothing n probably wanted to prove his hardest,what a fool.do u know what a life is worth?

even chances of people meeting and having a baby,there is a big cause than just being so ignorant and messing it up.u kill someone over a chain.the whole society is poisoned from tv,listen and learn from the good and the bad.
be a leader and stand for something positive,now he`ll just be another person who had been,coz thats yo life right there.he took the guy`s life now his freedom papers is gone and given cloud of all the lives he took and getting raped in his new hard core cell,where people with no feelings is,man look in the mirror n find yoself.

Comment by G.M.S. on June 26, 2008 at 3:03pm: dats some bitch ass ness for real why couldnt dat pussy ass bitch grind and get a bigger chain den dude faget ass bitch kill someone for a fucking gold chain no diamonds shit was prolly gold plated too so he killed dude for a 20 dollar chain out da middle of da mall