4 Dead, 15 Injured After Violence During Memorial Day Weekend in Missouri

Lorenz Duchamps
By Lorenz Duchamps
May 25, 2020US News
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4 Dead, 15 Injured After Violence During Memorial Day Weekend in Missouri
Police crime tape in a file photo. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

More than a dozen separate shooting incidents during Memorial Day Weekend in St. Louis, Missouri left four people dead and another 15 wounded, authorities said.

The dead were reported to be four men. Three were identified as Malik Valley, Jaymes Jackson, and Robert Cannon.

The fourth, a man reportedly in his 50s, was not identified. He was shot multiple times while inside his car and later died at a St. Louis hospital, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

Cannon, a 36-year-old male was found dead at the scene by authorities responding to an emergency call that involved a double-shooting Saturday around 9 p.m., KMOV reported. Another teen was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment with non-life threatening injuries following the double-shooting.

Valley, a 15-year-old teen, was shot and killed following an accidental shooting Saturday around 9:30 p.m., St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officials said. The boy was reportedly shot in the chest while playing with a gun together with a friend. The teen was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Jackson, a 21-year-old male was shot and killed at a gas station in downtown St. Louis Saturday night around 3 a.m., The Daily Mail reported.

The shooting happened when a large crowd gathered at the gas station. Another 22-year-old male was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot at the gas station.

Homicide detectives are currently investigating the string of violent shootings across St. Louis during Memorial Day weekend.

The first reported shooting of the weekend happened on Saturday just before 5 p.m., the victim was taken to a nearby hospital in a critical condition, KMOV reported. A second shooting took place shortly after that and involved a 14-year-old girl.

Multiple other people were involved in a possible drive-by shooting, an 18-year-old man, a 21-year-old woman, and a 34-year-old man all showed up together with gunshot wounds at a hospital. The three victims told authorities they were inside their car when they were met with gunfire.

The trio survived, but the 21-year-old woman is currently in a critical condition, according to authorities.

Some of the other reported shootings include a man who was shot in the head and is currently in stable condition, StarTribune reported.

Mayor Lyda Krewson, a Democrat, sent a statement to KMOV following the violence:

“I am outraged over the shootings and violence that have occurred over this Memorial Day weekend. Too many guns. Too much anger. Too many sad families,” Krewson told the outlet.

“A sad, tragic beginning to summer. Please, no further retaliation. Put down the guns.”

St. Louis City reported at least 63 homicides this year.

Illinois met with similar violence over the weekend, according to multiple reports.

Authorities in Chicago reported as of Sunday morning there were nine people dead, including a 16-year-old boy. At least 27 people were wounded following Memorial Day weekend shootings, according to Chicago Sun-Times.

This weekend, the City of Chicago was met with the deadliest Memorial Day weekend shootings since 2015, when 12 people were killed, the outlet reported.

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