Updated at 1 p.m. Tuesday with the name of one of the victims.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Two teenagers were killed in a triple shooting near an apartment complex in the Oakville area of south ºüÀêÊÓƵ County on Monday, putting several schools on a heightened security status.
The shooting happened about 1:50 p.m. near an apartment complex. Officers were called to the 5600 block of Chalet Hill Drive, ºüÀêÊÓƵ County police spokeswoman Vera Clay said.Â
They found three people who had been shot. One was shot in the parking lot of the Black Forest Apartments, which is just west of Chalet Hill Drive.Â
A man and a male teenager were taken to a hospital. Another teen was pronounced dead at the scene.
ºüÀêÊÓƵ County Police on Tuesday identified one of the victims as Colin Courtwright, 15, of the 1000 block of Wachtel Avenue in the Lemay area. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting.
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Police had said another teenager died at the hospital.
Investigators said they do not think the shooting was random.Â
Parts of Chalet Hill Drive and Baumgartner Road were blocked off as police investigated.
Oakville High School and Oakville Middle School were dismissed with extra supervision. Oakville Elementary and Wohlwend Elementary remained on a secure status until dismissal, which also had extra supervision.
A secure status means all students and staff are brought into the building and all exterior doors are locked. Classes continued uninterrupted inside the building.
All of the schools are about a mile from the scene.