Seven children have been gunned down in St. Louis so far this year—almost double the number in all of 2018. All of the cases remain unsolved. Officials are expressing outrage: “We have to stop this.”
When classes resumed this week at public schools in St. Louis, some desks were noticeably empty as grief counselors greeted students returning from one of the deadliest summers for children in the city's history.
Through July 21, there have been 104 homicides in the city of around 300,000, which has consistently had one of the highest murder rates in the country in recent years. "We are here ... because we have a 7-year-old who will not be starting school today," Warnecke said."We have a 10-year-old murdered not that long ago in the city of St. Louis who will not be starting school today. We have a 2-year-old murdered ... not so long ago. We have a 3-year-old who was murdered ... not so long ago."
Police said that Xavier was playing with his two older sisters when gunfire erupted about 5 p.m. Monday near the youngster's house, police said. The boy was fatally struck in the neck, while one of his sisters was shot in her arm, his family said.Norwood said that while Xavier's sisters didn't see him get shot, they watched him die.
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