Man charged in 2011 shooting death of truck delivery driver in East St. Louis

Man charged in 2011 shooting death of truck delivery driver in East St. Louis

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Fourteen years after a truck delivery driver was gunned down and fatally shot while making a delivery in East St. Louis, one man accused now faces a murder charge. The St. Clair County State’s Attorney Office has charged Alan Davis, 34, of East St. Louis, with one count of first-degree murder in connection with the death of Truman Lee Smith, 40, of Irondale, Missouri. Investigators say, on February 17, 2011, Smith was shot…

Man charged 14 years after murdering truck driver for the loose change in his pocket

A man has been charged for the 2011 murder of a truck driver that got him only the loose change in the driver’s pocket.  The murder happened on February 17th, 2011 in East St. Louis. Charges were filed against 34-year-old Alan Davis on May 22nd, 2025.  According to ABC 20, 40-year-old trucker Truman Lee Smith was in the 2600 block of McCasland Avenue in East St. Louis, making a delivery, when he was approached by Davis armed with a gun. Davis de…