Andre T. Hawkins

Prosecutors on Friday charged a Ferguson man with first-degree murder in the death of a man whose body was discovered by a municipal worker in Alton earlier this week. Antonio M. Baker, 44, is accused of killing 34-year-old Andre T. Hawkins, of Maryland Heights, who was discovered around noon Wednesday in a wooded area around Lincoln Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds. Prosecutors provided few details about the incident but said the killing likely stemmed from a dispute between the two men in Missouri. "What occurred in Alton is unknown," said Madison County State's Attorney Thomas Haine. "All parties involved were from Missouri. But choosing to bring any violence to our streets is a very poor decision." Baker was being held Friday in the St. Louis County jail, pending extradition to Edwardsville. A Madison County judge ordered he be held without bond.