UPDATED at 10:15 p.m. with previous shootings.
ST. LOUIS • A body was found inside a burning vehicle in the Baden neighborhood on Friday night, and now St. Louis homicide detectives are investigating.
St. Louis firefighters were called to the scene in the 700 block of Thrush Avenue at about 8:35 p.m. They extinguished the fire and found a body in the back seat, a fire department spokesman said.
Police later learned that the unidentified man had been shot twice. Authorities are trying to identify the man.
On the same north St. Louis block in July, there were back-to-back shootings that killed one person and injured three others, including one man sitting on his front stoop. Residents had feared retaliation.
On Saturday night, a resident was too scared to be quoted by name regarding frustrations with public safety in the area.
Anyone with information about crime in the 700 block of Thrush Avenue can call CrimeStoppers at 866-371-8477.
Post-Dispatch reporter Jesse Bogan contributed to this report.
