CLAYTON — Prosecutors on Saturday charged a man with leaving a loaded gun within reach of a 5-year-old boy who shot himself, police said.
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Children injured or killed by gunfire in the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ area in 2026
Below is the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Post-Dispatch coverage of children who have been injured or killed by gunfire across the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ metropolitan area in 2026. The children are 17 years old or younger.
The boy was found on Taylor, between Chouteau and Gibson avenues. Police officers performed life-saving measures but the boy died from his injuries.
Officers were called around 7:30 p.m. to the 1500 block of North Kingshighway. Their early investigation showed that the teens were shot at Sh…
A 16-year-old boy was injured in a shooting. Police found the boy with a gunshot wound in his lower leg and took him to the hospital.
The 17-year-olds said they were walking in an alley when they saw two unknown masked men. They ran away and then realized they had been shot.
Police found 16-year-old Oliver Williams unconscious and not breathing after he was shot inside Yeatman Market. Police said EMS pronounced Wil…
Antone Little, 6, died days after he accidentally shot himself with a gun he found.
He was shot in the leg in the 2000 block of McLaran Avenue.
An 18-year-old man was playing with a firearm that discharged, striking a 15-year-old girl in the hand a 16-year-old boy in the leg, according…
A 17-year-old was shot in downtown ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ and a 19-year-old was injured in the same shooting. The victims were dropped off at hospital afte…
The child's father, Jordan L. Burns, was charged in connection with his death.
A 15-year-old boy was shot and injured after firing at a man at a gas station.
LaJuan Swopes, 13, was killed in Ferguson. Another boy, 14, was injured in the shooting. A 13-year-old boy has been charged with Swopes' murder.Â
A police spokesman, Mitch McCoy, said the teen was shot after having "some type of the conversation with the shooter." McCoy did not know how …
A 14-year-old girl was shot around 9:30 p.m. following a massive party in the Baden neighborhood. A 17-year-old boy was walking downtown when …
Jarod Rhodes, 15, was shot and killed in his home. Police said that based on preliminary findings, the incident did not appear to be intentional.Â
HaLayna Elliott, 15, was shot and killed alongside her father, retired Berkeley fire Chief Henry Williams.Â
A teenage boy was shot multiple times in his lower torso. Police identified a suspect, another juvenile, and took him into custody. Because of…
Officers were called to an accidental shooting in the 12400 block of Jerries Lane. The boy died at a hospital.
A 17-year-old was shot in the arm. A 19-year-old was also shot; a suspect was arrested trying to flee.
