ST. LOUIS — A 14-year-old boy was shot in the foot by acquaintances while walking near Saint Louis University Wednesday afternoon.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department responded at around 3 p.m. after the boy arrived at an area hospital with a gunshot wound to the foot. He told police he had been walking near the address of 30 S. Grand Boulevard, between Forest Park and Laclede avenues, when two people he knew drove by in a white SUV and shot at him.
He walked nearly a mile to the hospital after he realized he'd been shot, police said.
An investigation is underway.
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