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Man charged after woman shot, killed in St. Louis Sunday afternoon

Tracy Smith, 60, has been charged with first-degree murder

ST. LOUIS — A woman has died after police said she was shot in the stomach in the St. Louis Place neighborhood Sunday afternoon.

Officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department were called to the 3000 block of North 25th Street at around 3:15 Sunday afternoon. When they arrived, they found a woman shot in the stomach. 

She was rushed to an area hospital in critical condition, where she died.

Police identified her as 45-year-old Karolyn Williams.

Video from the scene showed a police van on the parking lot of the Sullivan Place Apartments located on the 3000 block of North 25th Street. Police did not say if the shooting occurred at the apartment complex.

Tracy Smith, 60, was arrested at the scene. He has been charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm.

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