ST. LOUIS — Four people were shot Wednesday evening in the city's Academy neighborhood. Two people died at the scene and two others showed up injured at an area hospital.Â
One man and one 21-year-old woman were fatally shot, and another 31-year-old man is in critical condition, police spokesperson Mitchell McCoy told reporters at the scene on the 5000 block of Kensington Avenue.Â
Another man was hit in the arm by a bullet. None of the victims were identified Wednesday.
Officers responded to a call for a shooting at the scene around 4:50 p.m.
He said detectives believe there was an exchange of gunfire by at least two people on a vacant lot that carried into the road on Kensington Avenue. The vacant lot is a common area for people to hang out and do drugs and partake in other illegal activities, McCoy added.
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McCoy also said an off-duty firefighter was driving around the area when he heard gunshots, and drove toward the scene. The firefighter then rendered first aid on a victim until officers arrived on the scene.Â
The firefighter was not identified by McCoy, however the firefighter was the only one rendering first aid at the scene.Â
A man at the scene who told the Post-Dispatch he rendered aid at the scene said he was driving around the neighborhood when he heard the gunshots. He said it was common in the neighborhood to witness a shooting.
"I was at the wrong place at the right time, I guess," he said.