JENNINGS, Mo. (AP) – A 14-year-old boy suspected in an attempted carjacking was shot to death by the car’s owner in suburban St. Louis, police there said.
The incident happened just before 4 p.m. Sunday at a gas station parking lot in Jennings, police said. Officers called to the gas station found the boy – later identified as Damaurio Thomas, 14, of St. Louis – with gunshot wounds and a 53-year-old man suspected of shooting him at the scene. Thomas was taken to a hospital, where he died about an hour later, police said.
Police said an accomplice with Thomas ran away when shots were fired and was not immediately found.
Police have not released the name of the man, who was taken in for questioning. Officers took guns from the man and from Thomas, police said.
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