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21 people shot in St. Louis over the weekend

Six people were fatally shot in the city over the weekend

ST. LOUIS — It was a violent weekend in the City of St. Louis despite a citywide curfew.

The violence was not related to any unrest.

Six people were fatally shot, and 21 people were shot altogether from 12:50 a.m. Friday until 10:30 p.m. Sunday.

The first fatal shooting in the city happened on Friday. A man was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 2400 block of Indiana Avenue. He was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The victim was identified Tuesday as Jeffrey Amick, a 42-year-old man who lived on the same block where the shooting happened.

Five of those fatal shootings happened on Sunday. Four of them, during the time of the citywide curfew.

Around 12:10 a.m., a 27-year-old man and 28-year-old man were found shot to death inside a car in the 5100 block of Maple. Investigation revealed the victims exchanged gunfire with unknown occupants of a silver sedan near Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and Hamilton.

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Just before 2 a.m., a woman was found shot to death in an alley in the 4200 block of Neosho. An 18-year-old woman was also shot and is in critical condition.

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Around 3:30 a.m., a 39-year-old man was found shot to death in the street in the 3100 block of Utah. He’s been identified as Edward Dixon.

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Around 4:15 p.m., a man was found shot to death along the edge of The Ville neighborhood. He was found with a gunshot wound to his head.

FRIDAY

Man shot near Interstate 70 and Grand around 12:55 a.m. He was listed in critical condition.

Around 1:15 p.m., a 40-year-old man was shot during a road rage incident in the 3800 block of S. Kingshighway. He was transported to hospital.

RELATED: Man shot during road rage incident in south St. Louis

Around 5:05 p.m., a 30-year-old man was shot near Bates and S. Compton. He was transported to a hospital.

About an hour later, a 57-year-old man was shot near N. Market Street and E. Prairie Avenue. He was transported to a hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg.

Shortly after, a 57-year-old man and a 55-year-old man took themselves to a hospital after a shooting that happened near Greer Avenue and Marcus Avenue.

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Around 7:40 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was shot after he used the reflection of a car’s tinted window to fix his hair. It happened in the 2500 block of N. Grand.

RELATED: 16-year-old shot while playing basketball at St. Louis park

About an hour later, a 16-year-old boy was shot while playing basketball at a park in north St. Louis. He heard two women nearby arguing and then was shot. It happened in the 8500 block of N. Broadway.

SATURDAY

Around 2:50 p.m., a 21-year-old man was shot near Thekla Avenue and Ruskin Avenue. He was transported to a hospital where he’s listed in critical condition. The shooting happened over a parked vehicle.

Around 10:20 p.m., a 48-year-old man was shot in the 3600 block of Oregon. The incident is believed to be connected to a hold up that happened in the 2800 block of Winnebago. The man was listed in critical condition.

SUNDAY

A 30-year-old woman was shot while driving in south St. Louis. It happened in the 4000 block of California Avenue around 1:05 a.m.

Around 5 p.m., a man was shot in the right thigh and buttocks in the 4100 block of W. Florissant.

About three hours later, a woman was shot in the 3700 block of Oregon Avenue.

Around 10:25 p.m., a woman sustained a graze wound to her back in the 2000 block of E. Desoto.

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