Updated: St. Louis: 6 homicides in 2-day period
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police are investigating a rash of six killings over a two-day period, with five of the victims found inside vehicles.
Police say there is no evidence the shootings are connected. Four of the victims died Sunday. The death toll rose around 6:30 a.m. Monday when a man and a woman were found dead inside a car in the Fountain Park neighborhood.
All six victims were shot.
A female victim was found inside a car at 7:20 a.m. Sunday.
Around noon Sunday, a woman was found dead in a car and her boyfriend's body was found in an alley a few blocks away.
A man in his mid-20s was found dead inside his car Sunday night. A second victim in the vehicle was shot in the leg but survived.