Coverage of children who died in the ºüÀêÊÓƵ area in 2019
These are the local incidents of homicide or neglect involving children, based on Post-Dispatch reporting. This list doesn't include children killed in car accidents (unless a criminal charge was filed) or incidents not being investigated by homicide detectives.
(39) updates to this series since
A body that was found over the weekend in the parking lot of an East ºüÀêÊÓƵ middle school was identified Monday as that of a 13-year-old boy.
Police in Ferguson found two teen boys, ages 15 and 16, who both had been shot, inside a vehicle about 12:45 p.m. The older teen was seriously…
Sylvester Knighten Jr., 31, and the boy’s mother Danesha Cannamore, 31, were both arrested when police responded Wednesday to a call for an un…
The father of a 2-year-old girl killed in an accidental shooting in north ºüÀêÊÓƵ County this week is accused of leaving a loaded gun in a d…
Caleb Smith, was gunned down Wednesday in an alley in the 8300 block of Strathmore Place.
At 9:20 a.m., East St Louis police drove to the John de Shields Housing Complex, 1235 McCasland Avenue, after reports of a shooting.Ìý
Tavares Chisholm, 4, of ºüÀêÊÓƵ, was hit and killed by a car as his mother pushed him and a 2-year-old in a stroller. A 27-year-old was char…
A 15-year-old boy was gunned down before sunup when someone fired a flurry of shots into a home in the north ºüÀêÊÓƵ County area of Glasgow …
The shooting happened shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday near the 11100 block of Oak Parkway Lane, as the teen walked through an apartment complex …
A 3-year-old boy fatally shot himself after finding a gun in the Laurel Park apartments north of Jennings, police said.
He was found shot in the head just before 6 a.m. in the 7300 block of Vermont Avenue in the Carondelet neighborhood of south ºüÀêÊÓƵ.
Police confirmed that a 10-year-old girl was among three people killed on the 700 block of North 21st Street around 6:30 p.m. The other victim…
Mayor Lyda Krewson urged tipsters to call CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-8477. The usual reward is up to $5,000 for helpful tips.
The shooting occurred about a block north of Soldan High School, where a football exhibition was held Friday night. Fights broke out at the ev…
The mayhem has left brass begging for leads, politicians promising change, and parents at wits’ end: frustrated by lackluster investigations, …
Officers found Jason Eberhart Jr. dead in a parking lot in the 1300 block of Hogan Street around 2 a.m. Police said he was shot several times.Ìý
Taylor Jordan Baumer, 20, of the 1000 block of Adworth Drive in Mehlville, has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child in the fir…
The day before he was to start as a second grader at Clay Elementary, Xavier Usanga was fatally shot while standing near an 18-year-old who wa…
He was inside an apartment with a group of teenagers when he was shot. He was found dead soon after.
Eddie was shot about 8:30 p.m. at a home in the 4700 block of Page Boulevard near the intersection with Marcus Avenue, police said. He was sit…
Was found shot to death inside a vehicle at a gas station at 4355 South Broadway; a 16-year-old in the car was not injured.
Robert Michael “R.J.â€Â Dorsey, was shot about 9:15 p.m. in the 800 block of Vegas Drive, in south ºüÀêÊÓƵ County. He was shot in the torso an…
Two teens and one adult were shot about 7:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of Fourth Street in Madison. One of the teenagers died of his wounds.
Police found him lying in the street about 3 a.m. Tuesday with multiple gunshot wounds in the 44000 block of Cupples Place. He died the next day.
Michael Henderson Jr., 15, of Centreville was shot in the 800 block of East 15th Street. Police responded to the scene at 2:37 p.m.Ìý
Myiesha Cannon, 16, was shot in the head about 1:25 a.m. in the 4400 block of Lexington Avenue.ÌýPolice have labeled the shooting as a "suspici…
Police are labeling the case a "suspicious death" and released no additional details. Her mother said she found a 9 mm pistol and accidentally…
Kennedi Powell and her neighborhood friends had just swarmed her father’s car for a piece of pizza Sunday evening when a white car drove past,…
Jashon Johnson, of the 2700 block of Allen Avenue, was shot several times near Red Bud and Margaretta, police said.
The parents of a baby girl who died last week after being left inside a hot car in Calverton Park were charged with manslaughter Monday.
Kristina Curry, 16, was found dead just before 5 a.m. Thursday on a rear parking lot at Roosevelt High School at 3230 Hartford Street, police said.Ìý
Jaylon McKenzie, 14, an eighth grader at Mason-Clark Middle School in East ºüÀêÊÓƵ who was featured in Sports Illustrated as one of six youn…
A St. John woman left three young children alone for several hours and came home to find her 4-month-old son dead, prosecutors say. She was ch…
Kayden Johnson, 2, and his mother Trina’ty Riley, 18, were found dead with gunshot wounds shortly before midnight in their home in the 5900 bl…
Curtis Marshall, 15, was the victim of a targeted shooting in the 1700 block of Cargill Drive, police said.Ìý
Police initially called the shooting a "suspicious death," but later said they had concluded Evione accidentally shot himself in the 1700 bloc…
Malik Moore, 17, was shot in the 100 block of Chambers Road about 2:50 p.m., authorities said. He lived on the same block, just west of Riverv…
Demarco Washington, 32, of the 10700 block of Spring Garden Drive in the Glasgow Village area, was charged with a felony count of child endang…
Elijah Roby, 2, died in a car accident. His mother, Ebony Roby, 25, was charged with first-degree child endangerment in connection with the case.
Police identified the victim as Charnija Keys, 11.
The latest victim is Myiesha Cannon, a 16-year-old girl fatally shot early Wednesday. The Sumner High School student would have started the 10th grade this fall.Ìý
A 15-year-old boy died Wednesday after he was shot in ºüÀêÊÓƵ' Kingsway East neighborhood Tuesday, marking the fifth child or teenager to die from gun violence in ºüÀêÊÓƵ this month.
Omarion D. Coleman, 15, died of his wounds.
Robert Michael “R.J.â€Â Dorsey, was shot about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 800 block of Vegas Drive, in south ºüÀêÊÓƵ County. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The boy, identified by relatives as Eddie Hill IV, is the ninth child killed in ºüÀêÊÓƵ area shootings since June. Police believe the shots fired at the porch on Friday night came from an assault rifle.Ìý
Officers found the 14-year-old boy dead of a gunshot wound in the 10000 block of Toelle Lane. He is the second child killed by a gun in the ºüÀêÊÓƵ area this weekend.Ìý
A "Young Lives Matter" rally and a vigil for Eddie Hill IV were both held Thursday.Ìý
Police were called after a 13-year-old boy arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound about 10 p.m.
Xavier Usanga was only hours away from starting second grade. Police Chief John Hayden says, "I'm hoping people will listen to my plea."
Xavier Usanga was the youngest of six children and the only boy.Ìý
The toll of 10 dead children means the city is on pace for its worst summer in years. And police have made an arrrest in only one of the cases, leaving parents at wits' end and politicians promising change.Ìý
Two 16-year-old boys were shot and are in stable condition, police said.
Jurnee Thompson, of the 6900 block of Alberici Avenue in Northwoods, is the 12th child shot and killed in ºüÀêÊÓƵ this year.
A 15-year-old boy was found shot in the head and killed just before 6 a.m. Sunday in the 7300 block of Vermont Avenue in the Carondelet neighborhood of south ºüÀêÊÓƵ.
Homicide detectives are investigating the deaths of three people pronounced deceased Saturday evening, one of them a 10-year-old girl.
Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz, R-Sullivan, said he doesn’t expect any action soon to address spike in child gun deaths in ºüÀêÊÓƵ.
Sentonio Cox, his body found in the 7300 block of Vermont Avenue, is the latest of at least 13 children killed by gunfire in ºüÀêÊÓƵ this year.
Hayden tells aldermen he’s deployed additional officers to investigate homicides and had ‘ramped up’ the police department’s use of overtime.
The call from the Black Caucus came amid a bloody weekend in ºüÀêÊÓƵ that saw three children killed within 48 hours.
Presidential candidates among those weighing in.
Malik Ross told police that he did not see Xavier Usanga, and fired in self-defense when he saw an armed man, a police detective said.
Kristina Curry, 16, was found dead at about 5 a.m. on May 23 in a rear parking lot at Roosevelt High School, 3230 Hartford St. She was shot multiple times.
Kristina Curry, 16, of the 3100 Block of Oregon Avenue, was found early Thursday on the rear parking lot at Roosevelt High School.
Krewson: ‘It’s not a big ask. It’s for our police officers.’
The vigil was a time to remember and mourn Jurnee Thomspon. But it also was a call to action. At least 13 chlidren have been killed by gun violence in ºüÀêÊÓƵ this year.ÌýÂ
ºüÀêÊÓƵ Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner says the alleged confession in the shooting of 7-year-old Xavier Usanga is "not fully supported by the evidence," and that evidence "is insufficient to charge anyone yet."
Sentonio Cox, his body found in the 7300 block of Vermont Avenue, is the latest of at least 13 children killed by gunfire in ºüÀêÊÓƵ this year.
ºüÀêÊÓƵ Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner says the alleged confession in the shooting of 7-year-old Xavier Usanga is "not fully supported by the evidence," and that evidence "is insufficient to charge anyone yet."
The extension applies to the cases of four children under the age of 10.Ìý
A judge has ordered a man who reportedly said he shot 7-year-old Xavier Usanga held in jail until trial.
Sentonio Cox, his body found in the 7300 block of Vermont Avenue, is among 13 children killed by gunfire in ºüÀêÊÓƵ this year.
Police were notified at 11:35 a.m. A family member was rushing the child to the hospital, county police said, when the relative saw a marked ºüÀêÊÓƵ County police car outside a Family Dollar in the 9800 block of Halls Ferry Road.Ìý
Prosecutors charged Brian L. Potter, 47, of the 7100 block of Vermont Avenue, with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.Ìý
Antoine Brown is at least the seventh child to die from gunfire in the county this year; at least 13 have died in ºüÀêÊÓƵ.
It was in the city's Walnut Park West neighborhood.
A 19-year-old man was killed; a 14-year-old boy was shot but survived.
Shamekia Jackson, who was indicted and arrested Thursday, has been accused of helping Malik Ross steal $50,000 so he could get out of town.
St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye identified the boy on Monday as Michael A. Moore, whose body was found Sunday morning.
Joshua T. Haegele was charged Tuesday with one count of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Ien Coleman.
The teenager was shot at North Broadway and Halls Ferry Road at around 6:15 p.m. Saturday and died about an hour later at a hospital.
The program will launch in the "first half" of the year but on a smaller scale.Ìý
At about 1:45 p.m., a man, the mother and her three children were driving north on Euclid Avenue in the Kingsway East neighborhood, about two miles north of the Central West End, ºüÀêÊÓƵ Police Chief John Hayden told the Post-Dispatch.Ìý
Marcus Ursery was charged Friday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the killing of another 14-year-old boy.
Joshua T. Haegele pleaded guilty in January to involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Ien Coleman.
Federal prosecutors say there is ‘not a single shred of evidence’ that Malik Ross fired in self-defense.
Federal prosecutors cited the 2019 shooting of Xavier Usanga in asking for substantially more prison time for 24-year-old Malik Ross.
A lawyer for one of the defendants called the practice of dropping and refiling cases on the day of trial "an abuse of the system."