The Amber Alert was lifted just after 5:30 p.m.
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Dotson said the incident started as an argument in which Crockett’s wife told police she felt forced to get into the vehicle with three of their six children.
According to the St. Louis Police Twitter account, the kids were found unharmed at a relatives house in Bellefontaine Neihbors in St. Louis.
In this undated photo released by St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Diata Crockett is seen.
A Missouri man shot and killed his 8-month-old son during an argument with his wife, then fled with two of his other sons in a rental auto, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Sam Dotson said Tuesday. The shooting happened around 2 p.m. Tuesday near an interstate in St. Louis.
Children in vehicle: Blase Crockett, 3-year-old black male, light complexion, mohawk hair cut, wearing navy shorts and a light blue shirt; Rycker Crockett, 2-year-old black male, medium complexion, low hair cut, wearing khaki shorts and a royal blue T-shirt. She said that Diata Crockett was trying to run them off the road while they went for help. The child was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital in a private auto.
St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said Diata Crockett is a convicted felon and may be wanted on a parole violation.
He’s suspected to be driving a 2014 black Hyundai Sonata with IL plates: V446952.
According to police, the family got into a rental auto when the mother said she felt coerced to get into the vehicle.
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Dotson said that Crockett’s wife said he has made homicidal and suicidal statements in the past, and urged anyone with information to call police. The couple has six children.
