ST. LOUIS • An early November shooting has officially been reclassified as a homicide after a ºüÀêÊÓƵ man's death Saturday.Â
Christopher N. McReynolds, 43, and another man were shot just after midnight Nov. 5 while driving on Union Boulevard near Bircher Boulevard, police said.
McReynolds, who was hit in the neck, died Saturday, police said Tuesday. The other man, 51, was hit in the arm and survived.Â
The victims were northbound on Union when a vehicle pulled up next to them and its occupants opened fire, police said. Police described the suspects' vehicle as a dark-colored sedan.
The medical examiner's office told the police department Tuesday that it had ruled McReynold's death a homicide, prompting the department to release his name and information about his death.
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The change brought the number of so far this year to 184. Last year on the same date, the city had 165 homicides.Â
The city’s homicide total spiked to 188 in 2015 and reached the same number in 2016. In 2014 ºüÀêÊÓƵ had 159 homicides, and in 2013 there were 120.
The intersection of Union and Bircher is just north of Interstate 70 in the . Total reported crime in the neighborhood is up nearly 20 percent from the same six-month period last year.Â
McReynolds lived in the 1500 block of South Tucker Boulevard in south ºüÀêÊÓƵ, police said.Â
EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier version of this story gave an incorrect homicide tally for the year. This version has been corrected.