Toddler grazed by bullet while playing in bounce house

By CNN Newsource

Published April 4, 2021 1:01 pm

ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A toddler was grazed by a bullet in a triple shooting in south St. Louis City early Saturday evening.

Officials with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said three people arrived at a hospital with gunshot wounds. One of them was a 2-year-old boy with a non-threatening graze wound. The boy was playing inside a bounce house in the 3900 block of Virginia with a 23-year-old man and 23-year-old woman when the gunfire erupted. The woman was also grazed in the arm. authorities said.

A 17-year-old boy was also shot in the leg, arm and abdomen while walking on Virginia Avenue. He was conscious and breathing. No other information was released.

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