LOUIS — A federal grand jury indicted a St. Louis man Wednesday, charging him in connection with three murders he allegedly helped carry out as part of his affiliation with the Cochran Crips gang.

Violence on the streets is plaguing many cities beside St. Louis News accounts of shootings in Chicago, Philadelphia and other metropolitan areas are distressingly frequent.

A St. Louis man faces federal charges in connection with multiple alleged gang-related murders and could face the death penalty if convicted.

A federal grand jury indicted a St. Louis man Wednesday, charging him in connection with three murders he allegedly helped carry out as part of his affiliation with the Cochran Crips gang.

Smaller cities like St. Louis, Detroit, and New Orleans have suffered from even higher rates of homicide per capita. St. Louis recorded nearly 60 homicides per 100,000 people last year. The national ...