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8-year-old killed, 3 others injured in St. Louis shooting

/ 06:50 AM August 25, 2019

ST. LOUIS – Police say an 8-year-old girl has been killed and three others injured in a shooting near a high school in St. Louis.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the shooting happened about 8 p.m. Friday outside Harold’s Chop Suey restaurant in the city’s Academy neighborhood.

Police Chief John Hayden said the girl, identified by police as Jurnee Thompson, and her family had attended a football exhibition about a block away at Soldan High School.

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Hayden says fights broke out at the event, and police tried to clear the area when shots rang out.

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Police say the injured included two 16-year-old boys and 64-year-old woman.

Hayden says “two or three” of the people who were shot were related.

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Hayden said several people were detained for questioning./gsg

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