Children injured or killed by gunfire in the St. Louis area in 2021
Below is the St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of children who were injured or killed by gunfire across the St. Louis metropolitan area in 2021. Police define a child as anyone 17 years old or younger.
As of Aug. 27, at least 69 children have been injured in shootings in the region. Nineteen of them have died.
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The boy realized he'd been shot at a Metro stop when he arrived at school, he told police.
The girl was shot during a fight inside a home in the 9000 block of Lawnview Drive.
The boy was struck inside his home in the Spanish Lake area of north St. Louis County
The teen told police he was walking west on Harney Avenue when he heard gunshots.
A woman shot a 13-year-old boy who, along with another male, was attempting to carjack her on Monday evening, the woman told police.
The teen told police he was walking to a bus stop at North Broadway and Riverview Drive when people inside a black Pontiac Grand Prix pulled u…
Police said the shooting seemed to be targeted at someone in the residence.
The girl was shot in the arm about 1:45 a.m. by someone firing from a car near Carmellia and Kossuth avenues, police said.
The 12-year-old who allegedly shot the older teen was arrested and referred to the juvenile court system.
Police said Marnay Haynes was found shot to death about 9:30 p.m. Monday in the 9900 block of Glen Owen Drive, south of Chambers Road.
Police were called about 1:15 a.m. Sunday to the apartment in the 1000 block of Spruce Street and found a 19-year-old man with a gunshot wound…
Police responded to the 6200 block of Chatham Avenue and found a dead man an the injured child.
He provided several locations for where the shooting happened, none of which could be confirmed, police said.
The shooting sparked a 10-hour manhunt involving multiple local police agencies. At 2:30 a.m. Friday, officers about a block from the crime sc…
Relatives identified her as Calyia Elizabeth Stringer, and said she was brain dead, and the family decided to donate her organs.
Around 8 p.m., officers responded to the 300 block of Lancashire Road, where they found the 8-year-old with a graze wound. The child was then …
Troy Williams was shot multiple times about 4 a.m. at 84th and Washington streets in East St. Louis.
Police were called to the shooting about 8 p.m. in the 4600 block of Oregon Avenue and found the child with a "superficial" gunshot wound to t…
A party ended up with the host and a guest suffering gunshot wounds after the 14-year-old host pulled out a gun early Sunday at downtown’s Bog…
Officers were told the 18-year-old instructed his little brother to bring him his gun and, as the 4-year-old carried the weapon, the child acc…
Both had lacerations to their face, so it was unclear the exact nature of their injuries, police said.
A Berkeley man is facing charges after a 3-year-old in his care ended up shot in the stomach.
Two of the victims are 17, and the other is 18.
A woman and her 9-year-old daughter were found shot dead inside an apartment in the 4200 block of Pleasant Street.
Two children, ages 4 and 9, were injured in a shooting in south St. Louis that also left a man hospitalized.
A 13-year-old girl was fatally shot Tuesday in the 10200 block of Lynncrest Court.
A 17-year-old was found critically wounded by a gunshot wound just a few blocks away from where a man was fatally shot in north St. Louis.
The boy and his 11-year-old friend were riding bikes about 7:15 p.m. in the 3100 block of Keokuk Street; a man got out and shot at the boys.
A 5-year-old boy was wounded after shooting himself in the finger in the city's Baden neighborhood.
A 15-year-old was shot in the Gravois Park neighborhood, then a 17-year-old was shot hours later in the Carr Square neighborhood.
The girl was walking in the 2000 block of East Warne Avenue in north St. Louis Saturday evening when she heard several gunshots and felt pain,…
Kyle Faulkner, 15, was shot and killed in a shooting in St. Louis' Carr Square neighborhood just north of Downtown.
A 16-year-old boy who sneaked out of his home to buy a firearm was shot in the neck in the 7800 block of Tennessee Place.
Police said 17-year-old Damon White was shot in the 11800 block of Larimore Road about 6:15 p.m.
A 15-year-old sitting in a parked car was injured when someone opened fire on the car.
The four kids bring to at least 50 the number of children injured or killed by gunfire this year across the St. Louis metro area.
Devonte Carter Jr. found the handgun in a dresser and shot himself in the head while handling the weapon, police said.
Police used a tourniquet to stop the teen's bleeding.
An 8-year-old was shot in the finger after accidentally firing a gun. A 14-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet hours later.
The 16-year-old was shot after swiping the restaurant's tip jar and assaulting a customer who tried to intervene, police say.
The shooting occurred about 11:30 p.m. near Louisiana Avenue and Chippewa Street, on the border of the city's Dutchtown and Gravois Park neigh…
Three teenagers 17 or younger were among approximately 20 people who were shot over the weekend.
Police said the boy was stable at a hospital after a bullet grazed him. He was inside an apartment when a gunman knocked on the door and was l…
The 14-year-old girl was in her room when a bullet came through the window and hit her in the arm, police said. A 17-year-old in another apart…
The boy's mother left him in a car while she unloaded groceries to take to a family member.
The girl was shot in the thigh in the 3800 block of Eichelberger Street.
Mikal Hilton found a pistol his father left under a couch and accidentally shot himself, police said.
A brief description of the crime doesn't say if the shots came from a passing car. It also wasn't clear if the shooting occurred at the family…
The shooting happened just before 7 p.m. at Martin's Market, at 4324 Martin Luther King Drive. Both victims were found inside the market.
The 17-year-old boy was shot in the shoulder, hand and leg about 8:45 p.m. as he drove east on I-70 near Goodfellow Boulevard.
The incident happened at about 3:30 a.m. in the 3800 block of Euclid Avenue, just north of Natural Bridge Avenue.
A 34-year-old woman was killed in the incident; an 18-year-old was injured.
The 4-year-old girl was accidentally shot and injured while playing with two other children, according to a police report.
Damaurion Williams, of the 3200 block of North Taylor Avenue in St. Louis, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The toddler was playing inside an inflatable bounce house with a man and a woman, both 23, when the shooting occurred. The toddler suffered a …
The rolling gun battle erupted just after 12 p.m. near the intersection of Forest Park Parkway and DeBaliviere Avenue, police said, and ended …
Both victims were conscious and breathing after being shot about 2:45 a.m. in the 5200 block of Gilmore Avenue.
Festus police Chief Tim Lewis said a bullet struck two fingers on the boy about 12:10 a.m. in the 100 block of Lilac Drive.
The boy wasn't cooperating with investigators, officers said. He was shot outside an auto parts store.
Kathon Moore was shot about 5:20 p.m. in the 1100 block of Hodiamont Avenue. Police found him on the ground, and he was pronounced dead there.
Caion Greene, 9, was with family in their car in the 900 block of LaSalle Park Court, running an errand, when shots were fired at the car. Dar…
The 17-year-old boy told police he was walking on Natural Bridge Avenue when he heard a gunshot and then felt pain in his leg.
The shooter killed his wife, Roseann Williams McCulley, 34, her 13-year-old son, Kayden Johnson; and her daughter, Kaylee Brooks, 6. He took h…
Police said the girl is about 10 years old. She was walking with another person along Earl Drive when she was hit by gunfire. Avantay T. Willi…
A 17-year-old boy was killed and an 18-year-old injured; police said the two forced their way into a home. The shooting was ruled justified; n…
The victim was identified by police Wednesday as Christa Medcalf, 17, of the 2000 block of Stillwater Drive in Hanley Hills. The car's driver …
A teenager fatally shot Teshawn Ford, 15, when they met to exchange guns in the parking lot of a convenience store, police said in court recor…
The incident took place at a home in the 12000 block of Garden Lane in Spanish Lake.
The children, Journee, 8, and Jakari, 1, were killed with their mother Kanisha Hemphill, 30, in a home in the 4100 block of South Grand Boulev…
Dmyah Fleming, 7, was killed with her father in the 4000 block of Laclede Avenue. Javonn Nettles, 28, was charged in April in connection with …
Police are handling the deaths of Kanisha "Kani" Richardson and her daughter Ava as a murder-suicide. The two were found dead in a parked vehi…
Paris Lee Jr. was fatally shot in the torso before 4 p.m. in the 3900 block of Minnesota Avenue.
A 13-year-old girl was shot in the foot "somewhere on the south side" at 3:30 a.m.
The victim was found at a hospital after being shot in the 1700 block of El Sabado Drive. Two juveniles were arrested.
A 13-year-old was apparently accidentally shot in the finger while in an alley in the 5700 block of Floy Avenue.
Police identified the shooting victim Thursday as Emon Saunders, of the 19000 block of Continental Drive in Spanish Lake.
The gun accidentally discharged, wounding him in the hand, police said. His injury is not considered life-threatening.
The girl, about 10 years old, suffered non-life-threatening injuries when she was hit by gunfire Sunday in the 10000 block of Earl Drive.
Caion Greene, who was shot Sunday on LaSalle Park Court, was the seventh child to die by homicide this year in the city.
He was critically injured Wednesday.
Authorities said the boy suffered an injury to his hand about 12:10 a.m. Thursday in the 100 block of Lilac Drive.
The boy was inside a home in the 5200 block of Gilmore Avenue when someone opened fire on the man near his car.
Darryl Lamont Williams is 17 but was charged as an adult Thursday in the shooting death March 7 of Caion Greene.
Dmyah Fleming was fatally shot Jan. 24 along with her father, Darrion Rankin-Fleming, as they sat in a parked car on Laclede Avenue.
The girl was critically hurt after being shot by her 5-year-old sister, police said.
The girl was shot in the ankle and is breathing, police say. McLaran Avenue in the North Pointe neighborhood has seen four homicides in the past 10 days.
The victim, 16, was walking to a party with another boy, 15, when people in a white van pulled up and started shooting.
At least 11 people have been hurt or killed since last April in shootings along the stretch of the interstate that extends through St. Louis.
At least 11 people have been hurt or killed since last April in shootings along the stretch of the interstate that extends through St. Louis.
Both victims were found Monday evening inside Martin's Market, at 4324 Martin Luther King Drive.
The shooting occurred about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 4800 block of Labadie Avenue, in the city's Greater Ville neighborhood.
The boy got up to get a drink of water early Thursday when he found a handgun under a couch and shot himself, sheriff's officials said.
The girl was shot in the thigh in the 3800 block of Eichelberger Street on Thursday, police said.
The boy was at least the 30th child to be injured or killed by gunfire this year across the St. Louis metro area.
A 14-year-old girl was the youngest victim early Friday when a bullet came through her bedroom window and hit her in the arm.
A bullet grazed the boy early Thursday and he was stable at a hospital.
The shooting occurred about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday near Louisiana Avenue and Chippewa Street.
The 52-year-old man was taken into custody following the incident Thursday outside the Utah Station restaurant in the Benton Park neighborhood.
Police on Tuesday identified the victim as a Florissant teen.
The child was shot in the finger after accidentally firing a gun Sunday, and the teen was grazed by a bullet in a separate incident.
Police used a tourniquet to stop the teen's bleeding late Thursday night.
The girl was inside a home on Evans Avenue on Friday evening when a bullet shattered a window and grazed her arm, police and a neighbor said.
3 people were shot after the suspect confronted a group about shooting fireworks, then opened fire after a minor altercation, police said.
Police don't have a suspect but believe the gunman is the person the boy had arranged to meet.
St. Louis police were called just after 1 p.m. Sunday to the Preservation Square apartments near the 1400 block of O'Fallon Street.
The girl was walking in the 2000 block of East Warne Avenue on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. when she heard several gunshots and felt pain, police said.
A 15-year-old flagged down first responders in the Gravois Park neighborhood Wednesday afternoon; a few hours later, a 17-year-old was shot in the Carr Square neighborhood.
Police arrived in the city's Baden neighborhood and found a child believed to be about 5 years old who had shot himself in the finger.
Police said they believe the person who shot the juvenile was in a vehicle.
The teen and the man were shot in different locations in the North Pointe neighborhood Tuesday night.
Nevaeh Smallwood was shot and killed while at her boyfriend's house near Dellwood, a family member said Wednesday.
The children are roughly 9 and 4 years old, police said.
St. Louis police are investigating after a woman and her daughter, 9, were found dead in the Fairground neighborhood.
One of the victims is 18, and the other two are 17.
The 3-year-old underwent surgery, court records say. The specific details of the shooting were not released.
The children, 7 and 10, were stable, police said, after the shooting just before noon Wednesday.
The child accidentally shot himself in the hand and an 18-year-old man in the leg, police say.
The 12-year-old girl was in a bedroom when she was grazed in the head, police say.
The boy's injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
Troy Williams, 16, died Tuesday morning.
The teen provided several locations for where the shooting happened, none of which could be confirmed, police said.
A 19-year-old man and 17-year-old girl were injured in the shooting.
Police previously described the victim as a young female, but not a child.
The 16-year-old's mother brought the child to a local hospital around 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
Idleness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic shares the blame with easy access to guns and disputes that too often end with gunfire, experts say.
The girl was struck in the arm by someone firing a gun out of a red sedan near Camellia and Kossuth avenues, police said.
The girl was being treated at a hospital.
The 16-year-old was conscious and breathing after the shooting, which happened just before 10 p.m. in the 8800 block of North Broadway.
The teen was pointing a gun at her but became distracted, the woman said, so she grabbed her gun and shot him. He was in stable condition.
The teen was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
The shooting happened during a fight in a Moline Acres home, police said.
The boy got to school before realizing he had a graze wound on his arm. He then reported the injury to the school nurse, who called police.
The bullet was fired into a residence in the 4700 block of South Spring Avenue just before 8:45 p.m., police said.
Last year, around 80 kids were hit by gunfire in the area.
Three children injured in two Dutchtown shootings
A St. Louis police officer looks over surveillance video inside the Last Stop Market and Deli after police reported that a boy was shot in the…