ST. LOUIS - One person is dead and a second is injured after a shooting in north St. Louis Monday night.
Police responded to Lotus Avenue after 7:30, not far from the intersection of N. Kingshighway Boulevard and Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Drive. Officials say one victim was shot in the foot and the second died on scene.
St. Louis Ward 22 Alderman Jeffrey Boyd was on scene as police conducted their investigation, and said the person who died was his nephew, 23-year-old Rashad Farmer.
Farmer was standing near a vehicle talking to an acquaintance when he was struck. The second victim was standing in front of a residence when he heard shots before being struck.
An emotional Boyd appealed to the crowd for change.
"I'm pleading and asking for young people to please put the guns down, please put the guns down, it's just not worth it," he said.
"We can do better than this, St. Louis," he continued. "We need to do better than this. We are on a pace to break last years record of homicides in the city of St. Louis. That is nothing to be proud of."
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The alderman called the shooting a triple whammy.
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