ST. LOUIS (AP) - One man is dead and a second is injured after a shooting in north St. Louis.
The shooting happened just before 1 a.m. Monday. KSDK-TV reports that officers responded to the Baden neighborhood and found a man shot in the leg. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
Minutes later, police were told that a second victim had a graze wound. He is hospitalized.
St. Louis has seen a surge in killings since the summer. All told, 237 killings have been reported this year, compared to 176 at the same time in 2019.
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