Montez Haines

Prosecutors say Montez Haines, 38, was shot and killed by a man who took his car as part of a carjacking spree. Loyse Dozier III, 22, fatally shot Haines, 38, in 2022 in St. Louis and then took his car, according to charges filed in December 2024. Seventeen hours later, he killed Laruth Jones while stealing her car in Riverview. It was part of a carjacking spree that prosecutors say lasted several weeks in the summer of 2022. In addition to shooting Jones and Haines, prosecutors said, Dozier also shot a woman twice in the leg and pointed his gun at her head before running away. Surveillance video from July 9, 2022, shows Haines' car stopping near the curb in the 4200 block of North Grand Boulevard, charges say. The video showed Dozier shooting Haines, and then Haines stumbling out of the car. He shot and killed Jones the next day at the Raqqa Mart in Riverview. Three weeks later, he shot another woman twice in the leg while attempting to steal her car at Walgreens on North Grand Avenue. Dozier pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for the previous carjackings.

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Died

July 9, 2022

Type

Shooting

Age

38 years old

Gender

Male

Where

4200 block of North Grand Boulevard,
Fairground,
St. Louis city