11 children have been victims of homicides in St. Louis since April. Most were age 10 or younger. “I have not seen anything like this,' a school official said.
Mason Wilson learned through some school friends about the July 19 shooting at a house in central St. Louis, not far from where his grandmother lives. It wasn’t the first shooting Mason, 9, heard about this year, but it was the one he thought about the most.
Shardae Edmondson, 11, is consoled by her mother, Sharonda Edmondson, and sister Zha'lea Thompson, 7, during a vigil for murdered children in St. Louis held at Herzog Elementary School in the city Aug. 28, 2019. Shardae's and Zha'lea's sister Jurnee Thompson, 8, was killed by a stray bullet Friday night.Mason tried to continue to speak, but his voice broke. He buried his face in his mother’s arms.
Many St. Louis residents are feeling the weight of the violence, but it has particularly affected the city’s children, according to parents, school officials and nonprofit leaders. This summer, they walked past makeshift memorials lined with candles and teddy bears. They started the school year missing classmates who would not return. Some have begun organizing protests against gun violence and other efforts to draw the attention of city officials.
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