ST. LOUIS – An overnight shooting at a gas station in north St. Louis left a man dead Wednesday morning.
According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD), the shooting took place around 1:30 a.m. on the 2800 block of North Vandeventer, near St. Louis Avenue, in north St. Louis’ Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood.
When authorities arrived on the scene at the gas station, officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. After receiving treatment, the man would later succumb to his injuries.
Homicide detectives were called in to investigate the shooting. At the scene, the gas pump at the station revealed a white SUV with its door open. It’s unclear if the man may have been shot either in or just outside of the SUV.
The investigation is ongoing. There is no word on any suspects in the shooting. This recent shooting is the fifth murder in the city of St. Louis since Easter.
Late Sunday night, a man died at the hospital after being found shot inside a car that had hit a tree. On Monday morning, 43-year-old Shaun Mooring was left dead after being found shot on North Market Street.
Around 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a man, found barely breathing in the street at 23rd and Palm, passed away at the hospital. A medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, noting that the man had suffered from neck injuries and fractures. Additionally, on Tuesday morning, just after 2:15 a.m., a gunman shot and killed 16-year-old Jamad Edwards on Minnesota in south St. Louis near Magnolia.