6-year-old fatally shot in St. Louis

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     (AP) – St. Louis homicide and child abuse detectives say it appears a

6-year-old girl was shot to death by another child while her mother and the

woman’s boyfriend were sleeping.

     The child’s 27-year-old mother and the woman’s 31-year-old boyfriend were both

taken into custody Monday.

     Officers were called to a home about 1:30 a.m. Monday and found 6-year-old

Mi’Kenzie Bostic dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

     Police say three other children, ages 9, 4 and 3, were also inside the home

but were not harmed. Police said in a statement that it is believed Mi’Kenzie

was shot by one of the other children.

     The shooting was part of a violent weekend in St. Louis that saw at least 11

people killed or wounded by gunfire.




   

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