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Teen hockey player killed by stray bullet during ride home from game in St. Louis
A 16-year-old has died after being hit by a stray bullet last weekend on a St. Louis highway.
Colin Brown was hit Saturday night while being driven home in his father’s car after playing a hockey game, CBS affiliate KMOV-TV reported.
The high school junior died Wednesday in a hospital, police said.
Police spokesman Mitch McCoy called it a “rare” situation of someone being struck by a stray bullet in the city.
No arrests have been made but police have received tips and new video evidence.
Lily Paniucki told KMOV-TV she was in downtown St. Louis for a friend’s birthday party when she heard Brown’s dad shouting for help. She told the station she jumped in to perform CPR. Brown was pronounced dead at the hospital on Wednesday.
Mitch McCoy, spokesperson for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, said Brown’s organs were donated, the station reported.
“This donation is an example of the type of young man Colin was and the kind of family he grew up in. Their steadfast commitment to serve those around them – should inspire us all,” McCoy said.
St. Louis police are asking anyone with information to come forward.
More than 200 people attended a vigil for Brown on Monday, and members of his hockey team met Wednesday to remember him. The St. Louis Blues plan to hold a moment of silence before their Saturday hockey game.
“He’s the first guy to pat you when you’re down and the first to celebrate you when you’re up,” Blake Ryan, assistant coach of Brown’s team, told the St; Louis Post-Dispatch. “He was a natural leader and always quick to do the right thing.”
Missouri Gov. Elect Mike Kehoe offered condolences to Brown’s family in a social media post.
“Devastated to hear of the passing of Colin Brown, a 16-year-old who was tragically shot while riding home from his hockey game on I-55,” Kehoe said. “The lawlessness plaguing St. Louis must stop, and the criminal responsible for this tragedy must be held accountable.”
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Two people were wounded in a shooting at an Arkansas mall on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, authorities said.
Little Rock police in a news release called the shooting, which occurred at 1:44 p.m. local time at Park Plaza, an isolated incident rather than an active shooter situation. Police said that it was believed to have started as a “disturbance between two individuals, which escalated into gunfire.”
Both victims are expected to make full recoveries, police said. No arrests were immediately announced.
Little Rock Police Chief Heath Helton initially said in an afternoon news conference that responding officers found one wounded person at the scene and two others arrived at a hospital later. However, police later clarified that only one victim had been taken to an area hospital by private vehicle, not two.
The exact circumstances of the shooting were unclear. Troy Daniell, a manager for Journey’s Kidz shoe store, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette he was working when he heard the gunshots “and got all of the customers that were in my store out of there. I got them all in the back of the store and out of there. When I heard the first (shot) I thought something may have fell, but then I heard a few more shots and immediately understood what was happening.”
In a statement, Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. said that “the careless, senseless and criminal actions of two individuals today jeopardized the lives and safety of residents and visitors. We are praying for the victims of this incident and hoping they make a full recovery.”
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