ST. LOUIS — Two men were shot at a gas station in north St. Louis Thanksgiving afternoon. One of the victims has died, police confirmed.
At about 1:21 p.m., St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to the Love’s gas station at 6124 N. Broadway. That’s in the North Riverfront neighborhood of St. Louis.
One man was shot in the back, and the other man was shot in the head, police said. Both men were unconscious when officers arrived, but one of them was breathing.
Police identified the man who died as 31-year-old Shawn Stewart. The man who was still alive when police arrived was a 56-year-old man.
St. Louis police have not released any further details at this time.
This is a developing story and will be updated when more information is confirmed.
The homicide on Broadway was the second fatal shooting in St. Louis this Thanksgiving.
Shortly after midnight, police responded to a residential area of Hamilton Heights in north city where a man had been shot in the chest. He later died at a hospital. A person of interest was taken into custody in that case.
