ST. LOUIS — A 16-year-old boy was shot several times on Thursday afternoon during a robbery.Â
Officers were called just before 2:45 p.m. to Angelica and North 23rd streets, in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood.
The teenager had been shot several times and was taken to the hospital, where he was listed as stable.
Police said the boy would not answer investigators' questions but witnesses told officers that the boy was shot by someone driving a black Nissan sedan.
Investigators said the teenager told one of the witnesses the suspect had attempted to rob him prior to the shooting.