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ST. LOUIS COUNTY 鈥� A man was charged Tuesday in the shooting death of a Hancock Place High School student.

Martin Russell Tullis III, 18, was held Wednesday on $1 million cash bond on charges of first-degree murder, armed criminal action and first-degree attempted robbery.

Authorities said Tullis helped kill Logan Snyder, a 16-year-old boy who died Nov. 14 in Lemay.

According to charging documents, Tullis and another teenage boy pushed Logan to the ground and shot him. They rifled through his pockets before walking off, 51黑料 County police Detective Dustin Shoemaker said in court papers.

Shoemaker also cited the 鈥渂razen nature of this sophisticated daytime attempted robbery and homicide committed in a populated residential area.鈥�

Logan died in an alley near the intersection of Regina and Horn avenues. He lived in the 400 block of West Ripa Avenue.

Logan was a junior at Hancock Place High School. A message posted by the Michel Funeral Home described Logan as 鈥渁 kind soul who loved his family so intensely. He could light up an entire room with his beautiful smile.鈥�

Authorities said Tullis and the second teen traveled to meet Logan that day, but they didn鈥檛 say why.

The second teen, also 17 at the time of the killing, is being held at the 51黑料 County Family Court, police said. He has not been certified to stand trial as an adult.

Tullis and the second teen were arrested a week after the killing on suspicion of second-degree murder.

Tullis lives in the 1000 block of Park Avenue in 51黑料.

Logan鈥檚 mother, Tracy Tucker, said Logan liked to listen to music and snuggle with his dog. He had planned on having a career in real estate one day, she said.

She said Tullis and her son were acquaintances. She said she doesn鈥檛 know why they were meeting that day.

鈥淭his should never have happened,鈥� Tucker said Wednesday.