A St. Louis dad who tried to shoot his wife and killed their baby son instead has surrendered to police, authorities say.Diata Crockett, 34, set off a manhunt through the metro area on Tuesday after police announced he was on the run with two of the couple's other young children.
The fugitive father, accompanied by his attorney, turned himself in earlier this morning, police say.
St. Louis police Chief Sam Dotson told reporters on Tuesday Crockett had flashed a pistol at the mother of his six children, scaring her into a rented Hyundai Sonata at about 1 p.m. in the Bellefontaine Neighbors section of north city. Three of their kids were in the car, including eight-month-old Reign Crockett.
When the mother escaped from the vehicle as they exited I-270 onto Riverview Boulevard, Crockett fired one shot at her, Dotson says.…