ST. LOUIS – A second man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in the Walnut Park West neighborhood.

According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s probable cause statement, the shooting happened just before 10 p.m. on July 17 in the 5400 block of Park Lane.

Officers found the victim, Jawon Cooper, suffering from gunshot wounds. Cooper was transported to a nearby hospital after the shooting but was later pronounced dead. He was 27.

Investigators determined Ladarold J. Ford, 26, and others drove to Park Lane. Ford and another person, later identified as De’Andre T. Chaney, 25, exited their vehicle and shot Cooper.

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Police said Ford, Chaney, and the others were recorded on surveillance video j

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