D'Angelo Dorsey
A St. Louis man shot and killed himself after an I-24 crash in Grundy County on Sunday after a crime spree that included several carjackings and multiple shootings that resulted in two murders. In one case, he executed a man in front of his pregnant wife.
The gunman was identified as D'Angelo Dorsey, 29.
The incident started about 9:30 a.m. in Coffee County when Dorsey began shooting in a vehicle on I-24. One person was killed and another injured. The victim who was killed was identified as Darcey Johnson, 28.
Following the shooting inside the vehicle, Dorsey exited and attempted to carjack a nearby vehicle. The driver was able to escape on foot. Dorsey then approached a nearby truck, and during the exchange with that driver, Dorsey fired his weapon and shot him in the face.
At that point, Dorsey approached another driver and, when she attempted to drive away, shot through the car’s window, striking her in the hand.
At that point, Dorsey drove off in an undetermined vehicle, rear-ending the Ford Mustang in which 23-year-old Phillip Jordan Stevens and his wife, Aileen, were traveling. They stopped, believing it to be a fender-bender, and – at that point – Dorsey took them hostage at gunpoint.
Shortly before the police pursuit, Dorsey took both hostages to a location in the McMinnville area, separated them, and executed Mr. Stevens in view of his wife. He then forced the woman back into the Rav4 and returned to the interstate.
A chase then began at speeds up to 100 mph. Dorsey took his life after crashing the Rav4 and rolling it. He shot himself as troopers approached him and numerous onlookers in stalled traffic watched.
The female hostage was still inside the car. She was taken to a hospital.
Ms. Stevens is pregnant, family members said.
Dorsey had gone into state prison at Tipton, Mo., in 2017 on a 10-year sentence for robbery in the first degree and possession of a firearm. It was not clear why he did not complete that term.
Phillip Jordan Stevens and wife, Aileen