St. Louis man convicted of killing mother of his child

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A jury has convicted a St. Louis man of murder for fatally shooting the mother of his child outside a St. Louis clothing store in 2020. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 25-year-old Nolin Holder was found guilty Wednesday of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the July 2020 killing of 21-year-old Malasia Pruitt outside the Gen X clothing store. Prosecutors had sought a first-degree murder conviction and had shown jurors surveillance video of Holder running out the front door of the store and shooting Pruitt in the chest at point-blank range. Holder testified that the gun accidentally discharged as he fled, but also claimed self-defense in an attempt to get away from Pruitt by running past her.