By Associated Press - Thursday, January 14, 2021

SPANISH LAKE, Mo. (AP) - Two 16-year-old boys have been arrested after another teenager was shot and killed during the weekend in St. Louis County.

The victim, Emon Saunders, of Spanish Lake, was found suffering from a gunshot wound inside a car Sunday evening. He was being taken to a hospital when the car crashed on hospital property police said.

Saunders died later Sunday but police did not announced his death until Thursday, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.



The cases of the two juveniles will be handled by St. Louis County Family Courts.

Police haven’t said what prompted the shooting.

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