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3 women shot in less than 5 minutes Sunday

Officers did not say whether the shootings were related.
Credit: KSDK

Three women were shot in less than 5 minuted in two separate shootings Sunday, St. Louis police said.

According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, The first shooting happened at around 4:20 Sunday afternoon near the intersection of Arlington and Ridge avenues. A 26-year-old woman was shot in the stomach and a 50-year-old was shot in the back.

Then, less than five minutes later, police responded to the intersection of St. Louis and Clare avenues, less than two miles away. When they arrived, they found another woman shot.

All three women were conscious and breathing when police arrived. Officers did not say whether the shootings were related.

The investigation was ongoing at the time of this writing.

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