ST. LOUIS — A 14-year-old boy was shot and injured early Wednesday morning outside a party at a short-term rental property on Delmar Boulevard.
St. Louis police said the shooting happened at about 2:20 Wednesday morning near the intersection of Delmar Boulevard and Clara Avenue.
Police were alerted to the shooting when the victim, a 14-year-old boy, arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound to the shoulder. He was conscious and breathing while being treated at the hospital.
The boy told police he and three other teenagers tried to go to a party at a short-term rental on Delmar Boulevard but were denied entry. They stayed at the location and talked in the parking lot, then were approached by two unknown men as they went to get into their car.
The suspects asked them why they were "clutching" and "acting like they were armed," the boy told police. The men shot at their vehicle as they tried to drive away, striking the boy in the shoulder. Three other people in the car, two 14-year-olds and a 19-year-old, were not struck.
The victims drove to Kinamore Drive, where the boy's guardian took him to the hospital.
No other information about the shooting has been provided. Police have not provided any information on possible suspects.
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