TradeEdge Exchange-Child wounded when shots fired into home; 3rd shooting of a child in St. Louis area since Monday

2025-05-08 09:51:56source:Indexbit Exchangecategory:Markets

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Someone fired several shots into a house and TradeEdge Exchangewounded a 9-year-old child Wednesday, the third shooting involving a child this week in the St. Louis area, police said.

The shooting happened around 9:40 a.m. Wednesday in north St. Louis County. County police said the child was hospitalized with what they described as non-life-threatening injuries.

On Monday, 7-year-old Darnell Macon died while playing with a loaded gun in a pickup truck in the St. Louis County town of Berkeley. The boy’s grandfather was charged with child endangerment and armed criminal action.

Also Monday, 5-year-old Dariyah Lathan was shot and killed in Belleville, Illinois, near St. Louis. Police have not released information about the circumstances of the shooting, but said they do not believe a suspect is at large.

More:Markets

Recommend

As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest

CONECUH COUNTY, Ala.—At the confluence of the Yellow River and Pond Creek in Alabama’s Conecuh Natio

FEMA has faced criticism and praise during Helene. Here’s what it does — and doesn’t do

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is tasked with helping states and communit

Some perplexed at jury’s mixed verdict in trial for 3 former officers in Tyre Nichols’ death

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Moments after a federal judge read the partial convictions in the federal tria