ST. LOUIS — Two people were found shot to death inside a vehicle late Sunday night in the City of St. Louis.
Police responded just before 10 p.m. to the 5900 block of Bartmer, which is in the West End neighborhood of the city.
St. Louis police said a man and a woman were found shot and killed inside a vehicle. Officers on the scene were focusing their investigation on a blue sedan parked on the street.
The victims were identified Wednesday as 36-year-old David Long from Fredricktown, Missouri, and 20-year-old Ashlyn Ketcherside from Farmington, Missouri.
Anyone with information is urged to call the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Division directly at 314-444-5371. Anyone with a tip who wants to remain anonymous and is interested in a reward can contact CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477).
The double homicide brought the number of homicides in the City of St. Louis to 220 in 2020. The total marks a 25% increase in the number of homicides through this time last year, when the city had 166 homicides.
This was one of three shootings police investigated late Sunday night into Monday morning.
About 30 minutes after responding to the double homicide on Bartmer, police were called to a bar in south city. A 22-year-old man was shot outside the Bottom Line Sports Bar & Grill. He was last listed in critical condition at a St. Louis area hospital.
And at about 2 a.m., a 15-year-old boy and 17-year-old boy arrived at a St. Louis hospital with gunshot wounds. According to a preliminary police report, the teens told police they were shot during a drug deal in the area of Osceola and Nebraska, which is in the south city neighborhood of Mt. Pleasant.