This past weekend was especially violent in Missouri's two largest cities, with four people killed in Kansas City and six people killed in St. Louis.
FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2017, file photo, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson holds a news conference at city hall in St. Louis. At a news conference, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, Krewson said the city is suffering a rash of child deaths by gunfire this summer and will offer a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the killing of four children.
This past weekend was especially violent. In Kansas City, four men were killed Sunday, including two in a drive-by shooting in a popular entertainment district. In St. Louis, six people were killed in shootings, including 8-year-old and 10-year-old girls and a 15-year-old boy. St. Louis has seen about 128 homicides this year, also on pace to top last year’s total of 186. The vast majority those killed this year — 112 victims — were black in a city where about half of the 320,000 residents are black.
“I think we would all agree we would like to find a way to end the type of gun violence that we see going on, but you’re going to have to show proof of something that’s been effective and worked somewhere, and not doing something just for the purposes of doing something,” Schatz said. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner blamed lax gun laws as well as a “sense of hopelessness” in many neighborhoods that has “fostered an environment where too many young people have little or no regard for their own lives or the lives of others.”
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Unsolved child killings in St. Louis prompt officials to offer $100,000 in rewardsThe announcement came after an 8-year-old girl was gunned down with her family while sitting outside a restaurant.
Read more »
St. Louis mayor announces $100,000 in rewards for arrests in 4 child killingsSt. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson has announced $25,000 rewards for information leading to arrests of the people who killed four children in a rash of shootings this summer.
Read more »
'We are all at risk,' says St. Louis mayor as string of fatal child shootings climbs to 9For the second time since classes resumed at public schools in St. Louis this month, grief counselors will be on hand at an elementary school on Monday to comfort friends of 8-year-old Jurnee Thompson, a third-grader gunned down while standing in front of a restaurant with relatives following a football
Read more »
Ohio boy gave St. Jude Children's Research Hospital $15K from hog sale
Read more »
Hong Kong government warns of great danger after weekend of violenceAnti-government demonstrators in Hong Kong tore down 'smart' lampposts over fears they could be used to collect personal data from citizens. Latest on the protests:
Read more »
Unsolved child killings in St. Louis prompt officials to offer $100,000 in rewardsThe announcement came after an 8-year-old girl was gunned down with her family while sitting outside a restaurant.
Read more »