By Associated Press - Friday, August 7, 2020

CASTLE POINT, Mo. (AP) - St. Louis County police are investigating two shooting deaths in the north part of the county that happened about 12 hours apart.

The first was reported around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, when police were called to an area around the St. Louis suburb of Castle Point for a shooting. Arriving officers found a man in a car who had been shot at least once. The victim, identified Friday as 23-year-old Avery West, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The second shooting was reported around 1:30 a.m. Friday in a home along Ventura Drive. Officers found the body of a man who had been shot, police said.



No arrests have been made in either shooting.

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