ST. LOUIS — A 17-year-old shot and injured his older brother after an argument turned into a fight early Tuesday morning in south St. Louis, police said.
According to an incident report from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the incident happened at about midnight Tuesday in the 3800 block of South Compton Avenue in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood, where officers with the department responded to a call for a "shooting."
When they arrived at the scene, they found a victim, who is 22 years old, inside a home with a gunshot wound to his hand, police said.
The victim told responding officers that he and the suspect, who was his 17-year-old brother, had an argument that turned into a fight and the suspect punched him.
After the fight, the 17-year-old went outside and pulled out a gun, police said, then fired a shot through a window of the home, striking his brother.
St. Louis paramedics transported the victim to the hospital where he was listed in stable condition as of Tuesday evening.
It was unclear what led up to the argument.
The investigation is ongoing.
Resources for crime victims:
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The Crime Victim Center of St. Louis has multiple programs to support victims of crime. Crime Victim Center’s programs range from direct services to crime victims as well as “creating awareness and change within the systems they encounter.”
Life Outside of Violence "helps those harmed by stabbing, gunshot or assault receive the treatment, support and resources they need to find alternatives to end the cycle of violence."
The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis has the Neighborhood Healing Network, which serves people who have experienced crime, violence or been the victim of an incident that caused trauma.
Cure Violence is an international organization that is present in a handful of St. Louis neighborhoods.
