2 Late Night Shootings In Downtown St. Louis Leave 4 Wounded

CBS St. Louis

September 5, 2021

Detectives are searching for answers after two shootings within a block of each other left four people wounded late Saturday night and early Sunday morning.

The first shooting happened near 7th and Market just before 10:00 p.m. Officers who were on cruising detail say they heard multiple shots being fired and saw a large group of teens running. One officer says he found an 18-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to his leg at the intersection of 8th and Chestnut. Police say the victim told him that he was hanging out at 7th and Market when he heard shots and started to run; while running, he noticed that he was hit.

The 18-year-old was taken to a hospital in stable condition. Officers say they also found damage to a car owned by a 42-year-old man and damage to windows at Peabody Plaza.

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