ST. LOUIS — Two brothers accused of a double shooting in Soulard have sued the lead detective on the case, claiming he disregarded evidence and omitted key information from grand jury testimony and sworn statements.

Assault charges against James Hartman, 26, and Ryan Hartman, 36, both of St. Louis, were dropped in March in the 2017 shooting of a St. Louis fire captain and a woman sitting in his car. The charges, filed by Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner’s Office two years earlier, had said a passenger of a blue Infiniti shot the captain, then 30, and his 26-year-old passenger on Feb. 6 of that year. The couple had been parked in the 2500 block of South Seventh Street.