UPDATED with more on Hazelwood victim
ST. LOUIS — A 15-year-old girl from Hazelwood was shot dead Tuesday night in south ºüÀêÊÓƵ.
Dornae Hayes was found about 11 p.m. in the 2700 block of Miami Street. She had been shot in the head, police said. She died at a hospital.
Police were alerted to the shooting late Tuesday by the ShotSpotter gunshot-detection system. Dornae was found on a rear porch.
Miami Street is in the city's Gravois Park neighborhood.
Police were alerted about the shooting late Tuesday night by the ShotSpotter gunshot-detection system. Dornae was found on a rear porch.
Dornae lived in the 6000 block of North Lindbergh Boulevard in Hazelwood.
Dornae is the 11th child to die by gunfire across the ºüÀêÊÓƵ region this year.
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At least 25 other children have been injured by gunfire.
Most of the children shot have been in the city of ºüÀêÊÓƵ.
Children injured or killed by gunfire in the ºüÀêÊÓƵ area in 2024
Below is the ºüÀêÊÓƵ coverage of children who have been injured or killed by gunfire across the ºüÀêÊÓƵ metropolitan area in 2024. The children are 17 years old or younger.
At least 59 children have been shot. Seventeen of those children have died.
Nearly all of the shootings were in the city of ºüÀêÊÓƵ.
Demetrius Haymon, 23, told police he went outside and found two teens breaking into his car, so he went outside to confront them with a gun.  …
Harley Hosein was shot by a sibling. Four young children were in the home, but no adults were present.Â
Karmel Graham, 16, was shot and killed as he and two others were "checking vehicles." A juvenile witness said Michael Tolden fired several sho…
The teen was found in an alley. He had been shot in the chest, police said.
16-year-old Mason McMahan of High Ridge was found shot to death in a field in Olivette.Â
A16-year-old male was shot in the thigh while he was walking with two other friends.Â
Dameon Kennedy-Henderson, 17, of Ferguson was found shot dead lying in the doorway of a vacant residence.Â
A 16-year-old suspected robber was in critical condition at a local hospital after being shot at the intersection of Russell Boulevard and Sou…
The boy was walking around 8:30 p.m. near the intersection of Emily Street and Obear Avenue when he heard gunshots and realized he had been sh…
The child's father was taken into custody after telling police he'd been working with a firearm when it accidentally went off, with the child …
She was taken to a hospital and police said her injury is life-threatening. Police said she is either 15 or 16 years old.
The teen died three days after being shot. A 15-year-old was arrested and is being charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to police.
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg in north ºüÀêÊÓƵ Saturday morning while walking in the Carr Square neighborhood, police said.
The teen told police that two people with black ski masks on their faces shot at him while he was standing on a front porch.Â
The boys, 15 and 16, were shot just after 5 p.m. in the 2000 block of East Obear Avenue, police said.Â
A 17-year-old was hit in the shoulder, and a 15-year-old was hit in the knee, according to ºüÀêÊÓƵ police.
Their injuries were not considered life-threatening, Illinois State Police said. No information was provided on the victims' ages or genders.Â
His parents were fighting with another group, police said, when someone opened fire.
The 16-year-old was listed in critical condition.
The girl was shot in the head in the 2700 block of Miami Street. She died at a hospital.
According to police reports, when the girl began to get the advantage in the fight, the woman retrieved a handgun from an unidentified man nea…
Two teens have been charged with murder after a 15-year-old boy shot last weekend at an illegal car show died. Four others were shot and injur…
Four boys -- between 15 and 17 years old -- were shot on Mother's Day in the 10000 block of Toelle Lane in north St. Louis County. One died.
A 2-year-old boy was treated for injuries after a man with an AR-15 fired several shots at a car on Chambers Road, blowing out the windshield.…
The boy said he heard a shot that he believed came from a black SUV, according to police.
The boy's mother said she was in bed next to the 4-year-old, who was sitting crossed legged when she heard a gunshot, picked the boy up and sa…
A 16-year-old boy was shot several times on a Thursday afternoon. Investigators said the teenager told one of the witnesses the suspect had at…
The 16-year-old told police that he and his brother, also 16, were walking on Kennerly when a car drove by and shot at them.Â
A hospital called police and told officers the 17-year-old boy had shown up with a gunshot to his hand.
Lawrence A. Clark was killed around 1 p.m. in the 1500 block of Purdue Avenue.
A toddler accidentally shot himself after he found his uncle’s gun inside a home here. The uncle is a ºüÀêÊÓƵ sheriff's deputy.
The 17-year-old boy was shot twice in the legs.
Police say they found the boy shot in his side near the 1500 block of Newhouse at about 12:45 a.m.
Investigators said the boy was playing football with his friends when a dog began running around. The suspect began shooting toward the dog bu…
The teenager had been shot in his leg. He told officers he was walking when a white sedan began shooting at him, police said.
 A 16-year-old boy on Monday accidentally shot himself in the leg while handling a gun.
A 16-year-old was shot in the leg in the Columbus Square neighborhood.Â
The 16-year-old told officers he was walking when a person approached him from behind and opened fire, police said.
A 17-year-old boy was found shot near the Heman Park Community Center. Police said he was expected to survive.
Tyree Williams, 16, died on the way to the hospital after being shot in the 2800 block of Innsbruck Drive, police said.Â
Colin Courtwright, 15, was one of two teens shot and killed, along with a man who was injured, near an apartment complex just before 2 p.m.
He said was riding in a white Toyota when the shots were fired, police said. He would not tell officers where the shooting happened.
The 13-year-old girl was shot in the head while standing on her porch. Authorities listed her in critical condition, and she later died from h…
The teen told police he was walking and a dark sedan drove by; he then heard several shots and realized he was shot in the leg, hip and shoulder.
A teenager was shot in the leg in the 5200 block of Robin Avenue.
Isaiah Walker, 16, was found shot in the street and died in a hospital days later, police said.
Officers were called about 2:25 p.m. for a shooting in the 3800 block of Missouri Avenue in the city's Marine Villa neighborhood.
A 15-year-old had been shot and taken by someone to Cardinal Glennon hospital, police said. Homicide detectives were called to investigate.
A 16-year-old boy was holding the gun around 6 p.m. in the 1000 of Eiler Street when he pulled the trigger and shot himself in the finger, pol…
A 17-year-old girl shot herself in the hand and thigh, police said.
Police said the 16-year-old was walking in an alley around 6:30 p.m. in the 4500 block of McMillian Avenue when he heard two shots rings out. …
A 17-year-old boy was found dead near a cemetery in Jennings after being shot to death. He was identified as Jaimarcus McDaniel of East ºüÀêÊÓƵ.