Demond W. Steward

Jermany Rickman, of Maryville, was charged on Aug. 26 by St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office in the shooting death of 30-year-old Demond W. Steward, of Cahokia Heights, outside of a lounge in East St. Louis. Authorities say Rickman fatally shot Steward outside of Ivy Ultra Lounge in the 900 block of St. Louis Avenue on Aug. 13. Rickman also has a federal warrant for violating a term of his supervised release after pleading guilty in 2017 to a federal indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois for distributing methamphetamine. Authorities ask anyone with information to contact Crimestoppers at 1-866-371-8477 (TIPS) or visit https://www.stlrcs.org/.