VENICE - Jason McCallum was charged Monday in Madison County with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Travion Sherrodd, who was found May 26 in a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head at the intersection of Market Street and Selb Street in Venice.

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Venice police responded to a reported shooting at the intersection on May 26, 2026. According to the charging document, officers found Sherrodd unresponsive in a vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Sherrodd was taken to SLU Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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Officers located 17 shell casings on the street, and Sherrodd’s car had been struck 16 times, according to the charging document.

A witness reported hearing multiple gunshots and then seeing a Chevy Impala leave the scene at a high rate of speed.

According to the charging document, McCallum was observed on surveillance footage at a nearby convenience store shortly before the shooting with a firearm featuring an extended magazine in his waistband.

The car was also seen on a license plate reader camera in the area immediately before the shooting.

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