ST. LOUIS — A man was shot Friday night while driving on the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge along Interstate 70.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said officers received a call shortly after 2 a.m. for a shooting victim that arrived at an East St. Louis hospital after a shooting on the bridge. They responded to the scene and found shell casings and an unoccupied silver truck with ballistic damage.
Illinois State Police had earlier received a call to check the well-being of a man who was seen unconscious inside the truck. At around the same time, ISP also received word that a 25-year-old man had been dropped of at an East St. Louis hospital with gunshot wounds.
The victim told ISP that he was driving eastbound on the Missouri side of the Stan Musial Bridge when he heard gunshots and felt pain. He could not give police any further details due to his condition. The man was airlifted to a St. Louis hospital, where he was listed in critical, unstable condition.
Police believe the shooting happened at around 10 p.m. Friday night.
Due to the man's condition, the St. Louis Police Department's Homicide Division is handling the investigation. Anyone with information should call homicide investigators at 314-444-5371, or to remain anonymous and possibly receive a reward, contact CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477).
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