ST. LOUIS — A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed Wednesday night in St. Louis' Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department responded at 10:19 p.m. to the 2800 block of Gamble Street. A boy was found shot and was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police identified him as 14-year-old Victrail Mora.
Police had no further information on the shooting.
This is the 88th child shot in the city this year and the 16th child shot fatally, according to 5 On Your Side data. That's already surpassed last year's total of 14 children fatally shot.
Victims range from 17 years old to as young as 1.
Also overnight, a man was shot and killed at Vandeventer Avenue and N. Market Street, near the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood's border with the Greater Ville neighborhood.
There have been 165 homicides in the city so far this year.
This is a developing story. It will be updated as more information becomes available.
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Editor's note: This report included an incorrect number of children 17 and under shot in St. Louis in 2020. It has been revised to reflect the correct total as of the date of initial publication.