St Louis Shooting Today – After a man was tragically shot in Downtown St. Louis close to Kiener Plaza, an investigation is currently underway. The shooting took place at 3:30 pm. 2023-04-27, Thursday, in the 700 block of Market Street. It is thought that the victim was shot here. The victim’s age and identity have not been made public by the police. There is currently no suspect information accessible either. A cordon has been established up around one section of Kiener Plaza Park, and there are numerous police officers present. The investigation is being handled by homicide investigators of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
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Late on Tuesday night in St. Louis, a man was shot while driving, and he later crashed his vehicle into a house. The man died as a result of his injuries. A “ShotSpotter” call was placed in the 2800 block of Chippewa Street at approximately 10:16 p.m., and the St. Louis police department arrived shortly after. Officers spotted a 19-year-old male lying in the street near a pickup truck suffering from gunshot wounds when they arrived.
The victim was found lying on the street. He was transferred to a local hospital, but he did not survive his stay there. His name has not been made public at this time. According to the investigators, the man was shot when he was driving in the opposite direction of traffic on Chippewa Street. According to the report that was filed by the police, he eventually hit a fire hydrant with his vehicle, which resulted in both of the driver-side doors being ripped off.
After crashing into the front of an empty house, he was thrown from the truck as it overturned. At the time of the shooting, there were three passengers in the automobile. The ages of the passengers were as follows: two girls aged 16 and a boy aged 17. According to the police, they attempted to flee the scene but were soon located and sent to a hospital, where they received treatment for their relatively mild injuries. According to the police, guns were located and recovered at the site.
If you have any information regarding this occurrence, you are encouraged to call the Homicide Division of the St. Louis Police Department at 314-444-5371, or if you wish to remain anonymous, you may call CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477).
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