Children injured or killed by gunfire in the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ area in 2025
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 2025. The children are 17 years old or younger.
Across the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ region this year, at least 58 children have been shot. Twenty-seven of them have died.
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Police found Fontez Forest, 17, dead. He had apparent gunshot wounds, according to Cahokia Heights Police Chief Thomas Trice.Â
A 13-year-old boy was shot in the buttocks Tuesday night at a home in the Baden neighborhood.
Police said they determined the juvenile was shot by someone they knew.
Orich McAllister planned to buy marijuana from the man now charged in his death, prosecutors said. The victim tried to steal the marijuana, an…
Terrance Baskin, of ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County, was charged with one felony count of endangering the welfare of a child after the injury.
The ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as 15-year-old Deverain Word. Word was fatally shot in the 9800 block of …
Richard and Jordan Neal were shot while their father was driving; police are seeking tips.
Police said the father had fired shots in an altercation with others who ran off. Shots fired from the father's own gun hit his vehicle with h…
Duwan Morgan, 14, was killed by a stray bullet that entered his home in Glasgow Village. Three boys, all 16, are charged in Morgan's death.
A 14-year-old boy and a man shot each other when the boy tried to rob the man at gunpoint, police said. Both survived.
Police on Tuesday said Darrell Price, 16, and the two suspects knew each other and had arranged to meet. Marijuana was involved, police said,…
A 3-year-old boy found a loaded gun in a bed and shot himself in the leg while his parents were "focused on their phones," an officer wrote.
A 1-year-old girl was shot while at home with her family, according to her parents.
17-year-old Damonte Hightower was killed after a brief verbal altercation, according to a probable cause statement.Â
A 14-year-old girl was accidentally shot in the arm Tuesday by a teenage boy playing with a gun, ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ police said.
The 17-year-old was walking when a man wearing a black face mask, walked up and began firing at him, police said. The teenager was hit, but wa…
The 17-year-old was was shot in the knee as she was leaving a party about 2 a.m. Sunday in the 6500 block of Minnesota Avenue.
"This was a disaster waiting to happen," St. John police Chief Paul Anderson said.
Madison officers responded to a shots fired call and found a boy dead in the intersection of Washington and Wayne Lanter avenues.
An 11-year-old was injured in a shooting in Cahokia Heights.
Emma E. Schultheis was killed in what police describe as a "freak accident." Someone was holding a gun when it went off, according to the Monr…
Two 17-year-olds were among a total of five people injured in a shootout. Surveillance footage reportedly showed the five men exchanging gunfi…
Elijah Hughes was shot and killed while riding his bicycle.
The boy died at a hospital after being shot around 4 p.m. in the 2700 block of Darla Court, a dead-end road west of Lucas and Hunt Road.
Older kids were playing with a gun when it went off, grazing the boy's face. A 12-year-old boy was taken into custody in connection with the s…
A 17-year-old girl, Shabrya L. Hudson. was shot near an apartment complex in Alton. Police described her as an innocent bystander.
A 4-year-old was injured in a shooting; police said his father was taken into custody for questioning as part of the investigation.Â
16-year old Octavius Harris died, a 17-year-old boy was injured and an 18-year old woman was injured in the shooting. Police said two people b…
An 8-year-old was injured alongside an adult man. Michael Maxon, 22, was killed in the same shooting. Police say the suspect dragged Maxon out…
Stray gunfire from a group arguing in the street hit a 13-year-old boy and a woman walking her dog in ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´, police said.
Jordan Neal, 9, died after a shooting. His brother Richard died in October. They and their father were in a car driving when the shooting happened.
A 17-year-old boy was shot and seriously injured after he was approached by an unknown male suspect, according to police.
11-year-old Marshaun Futrell Jr. was shot and killed accidentally. Futrell and a 13-year-old boy were playing with guns Futrell had in his boo…
16-year-old Aeyion Barnett was with a group breaking into cars when a man who lived on the block fired a warning shot to startle the would-be …
Jamad Edwards, 16, was found by police in the street on Minnesota Avenue and taken to a hospital, where he died.
A 15-year-old boy was shot after he got out of a car behind a home, he told police.
A 14-year-old boy was in critical condition after he was shot in his bed in his family's home, police said. Police believe that the bullet was…
The 16-year-old boy was shot multiple times.
The 2-year-old found a gun on a couch after his mother left the room to get a snack, police said.
The teen was outside a gas station when a dark-colored vehicle drove past and fired multiple shots, police said.
Ophelia Lawery-Daniels, just 9 months old, died at a hospital after being shot, police said. Her mother described her as an active and energet…
The teens, both 15, were shot shortly before 7 p.m. in the 100 block of Lazarcheff Drive, police said. Charles E. Jones was pronounced dead da…
Parker Bujnak, 17, was the second teen from Belleville to be fatally shot this month.
The boy, 13, was shot and critically injured around 11 p.m. in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood, police said.
The girl, Kho'Mori McGee, died Tuesday after a boy unintentionally shot her, police said.Â
Police said she was shot in the chest area. The 10-year-old was listed in critical condition following surgery. County police later said a juv…
A 16-year-old boy was shot to death Monday evening outside his home in Belleville, authorities said.
×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County police said the child died at a hospital. The incident took place about 1:45 p.m. in the 10500 block of Castle Drive.
The victim, Dae'wan Lindsay, died Feb. 4 of injuries from the shooting. Police say they believe it was a homicide.
Maryland Heights police Chief Bill Carson said the boy led police on a chase in a stolen vehicle early Saturday morning. It ended after the bo…
Police found Rashaud Boaze in the street. He is the city's first child homicide victim of the year.
Mattison Johnson, 16, was shot at her home in the city's College Hill neighborhood. Mary Cornelius, 18, is charged with involuntary manslaughter.
×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ police said they were called just after 10:30 p.m. to the 1300 block of North 16th Street.
Rashaud Boaze, 15, is the first child homicide victim in ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ this year.
The victim was Dirico Washington, said St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr.
Police said the incident occurred Tuesday in the 400 block of Scenic Drive in the north ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County municipality.
The boy was critically injured after being shot in the 5700 block of Goodfellow Place late Monday night.
The girl died Monday in the 10900 block John James Drive. She is among nine children shot this year across the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ metro area. Six have died.
The girl, Kho'Mori McGee, died after a boy unintentionally shot her, police said.
Parker Bujnak is the second teen from Belleville to be fatally shot this month.
The Major Case Squad followed more than 60 leads in the case, and officers have arrested three people in connection with the shooting.
It happened at a Penrose gas station.
Police said Taiesha C. Campbell and her boyfriend left a handgun on a couch, within reach of the toddler, and he shot himself in the leg March 6.
Bobby J. Jones, 35, lives in the 1200 block of Lang Drive, where the shooting happened April 10.
Across the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ region this year, 19 children have been shot. Ten of them have died; two children were under the age of 5.
×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ police said the boy was shot in the foot before 5 p.m. in the 5100 block of Terry Avenue, near Kingshighway.
Officers were called just after 8 p.m. to the 1800 block of Longford Drive in north ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County, ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County police said.Â
His father, Marshaun Futrell Sr., was charged Tuesday with three counts of felony child endangerment. Police said they found a dozen guns in the house and Futrell's car.Â
Police are pleading with the public to provide surveillance footage from homes and businesses near Bircher Boulevard and Ruskin Avenue near Interstate 70 and Union Boulevard.
The shots came from a group of females arguing near North 20th Street and North Florissant Avenue, police said.
Zymarie Atkins, now 18, was certified Thursday to stand trial as an adult in the death of Jamar Hamilton at a gas station in the 8800 block of North Broadway.
Tyron L. Pembleton, 27, was charged with endangering the life of a child, among other offenses.
Incident occurred about 7:30 p.m. in 3400 block of Cherokee Street.
Officers found a juvenile male suffering from a life-threatening gunshot injuries on Darla Court in Jennings. He succumbed to his injuries at an area hospital.
The shooting was in the 5000 block of Beacon Avenue, near Lillian Avenue, about 10:20 a.m. Friday.
Emma Schultheis a student at Prairie du Rocher’s junior high school, was killed Monday.
Major Case Squad activated to lead the investigation of the Monday incident.
Prosecutors charged Jarez Wilson on Friday. The injured boy was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
The 17-year-old was shot in the knee as she was leaving a party about 2 a.m. in the 6500 block of Minnesota Avenue.
A teenager was shot at by a masked man while walking home from the store Monday evening.
The girl was shot about 5 p.m. Tuesday in the 5800 block of Cabanne Avenue, in the city's West End neighborhood.
The killing followed an argument Friday night near I-270 and Bellefontaine Road, police said.
The child's father told police an unknown person fired shots from outside into the home. Detectives are investigating the circumstances of the incident, police said.
Travis Simms was charged Saturday with first-degree endangerment of a child, according to court records.
The boy was shot around 6 p.m. at the McDonald's at 8983 Jennings Station Road.Â
Duwan Morgan, 14, died at the scene.Â
The boy was at a hospital after being shot in the 1400 block of Clara Avenue.
Daija Aunya Marnae Dunning and the boy's father are now both charged in connection with the Oct. 22 shooting.Â
Brenden Antonio Brown, 25, is charged with first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault and seven other felonies.
The shooting was about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 800 block of Canaan Avenue.
Police said the boy died at a hospital.
The ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as 15-year-old Deverain Word, who was killed outside his Ferguson home on Nov. 1.
Walter Macon, 47, pleaded guilty to second-degree involuntary manslaughter — a much lower felony than his original charge of endangering the welfare of a child resulting in death.
×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ police said they were called to the shooting in the 1000 block of Lasalle Park Court at about 7:30 p.m.
