Updated at 4 p.m. with more information from ºüÀêÊÓƵ police.
ST. LOUIS — Six people were shot, including a man who died, early Sunday in downtown ºüÀêÊÓƵ.Â
Police responded around 3:30 a.m. to 10th and Market streets for the report of multiple people shot. That block is home to the Citygarden sculpture park and is about a block north of the Thomas Eagleton Federal Courthouse.
After an initial investigation, police say they believe a fight broke out between women in the park. At some point, men joined in the fight with firearms.
At least one gun was recovered from the scene, police said.
The man who was killed was in his early to mid-20s, according to police. The injured were identified by police Sunday afternoon as four men ranging from ages 18 to 24 and one 21-year-old woman, police said. According to a police spokesperson, the injured victims are from ºüÀêÊÓƵ city, ºüÀêÊÓƵ County and St. Charles County. They were taken to area hospitals with apparent gunshot wounds.
The shooting marked the ninth homicide already this year in the Downtown and Downtown West neighborhoods, according to . There were only six all of last year, and in 2022, there were nine total.Â
A police dog, Finn, searched with officers and found the man hiding near Euclid and Maryland avenues, police said Wednesday morning.
At least two bullet casings were left behind on Chestnut Street near 10th Street after six people were shot, including one who was killed, on Sunday June 23, 2024. The shooting happened between the entrance to Citygarden and the Serra sculpture at 10th and Market streets.
A reflection of the Civil Courts building is seen in a bullet-damaged window of the former AT&T tower after a shooting that left one person dead and five injured early Sunday. The shooting happened between the Citygarden and Serra sculpture parks at 10th and Market streets in downtown ºüÀêÊÓƵ.
People walk to Citygarden at 10th and Market streets, passing gloves left by emergency workers following the early morning shooting of six people, one fatally, on Sunday, June 23, 2024. The shooting happened between the entrance to the sculpture park and the Serra sculpture across the street.
At least three windows on the old AT&T tower were shot out following an early morning shooting where six people were struck and one killed early Sunday, June 23, 2024. The shooting happened between the entrance to Citygarden and the Serra sculpture at 10th and Market streets. The Civil Courts building is reflected in the office tower window.
At least six liquor bottles are left behind at the shooting scene where six people were struck early Sunday, one fatally, on June 23, 2024. The shooting happened between the entrance to Citygarden and the Serra sculpture at 10th and Market streets.