ST. LOUIS — Five shootings across St. Louis on Friday left one man dead and five others wounded, police said.
It was the first shooting that proved to be deadly. Police said a man was found with a gunshot wound to the back in the 2400 block of Indiana Avenue in the McKinley Heights neighborhood at 8:25 a.m. Friday. Police said he was unconscious at the scene and pronounced dead at a hospital.
About 5:20 p.m., police responded to a call in the 500 block of Bates Street and found a man, 25, who had been shot in the neck. He was conscious and breathing and taken to a hospital.
Just before 6:30 p.m., police were called to a shooting at Marcus and Greer avenues. Two men had been shot and were taken to a hospital, where both of them were in critical condition.
At 9:40 p.m., a man was shot multiple times in the 2500 block of North Grand Boulevard. Police said he was conscious and breathing and taken to a hospital.
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The last shooting was reported just before 10 p.m., when a male at Hickey Park told police he heard a gunshot and then felt pain in his thigh. No other information was immediately available. The park is in the Baden neighborhood, where total reported crime is down about 6% in the last six months compared with the same period a year ago.