Violent weekend in St. Louis leaves 8 dead, 14 wounded

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eight people are dead and 14 others wounded after a violent 72-hour period over the weekend in St. Louis. KMOV-TV reports that the shootings included one inside a restaurant in The Hill neighborhood, where a 33-year-old man was shot at Rigazzi’s during an argument. He is hospitalized in stable condition. The rash of shootings happened in a year that has seen an overall downturn in killings in St. Louis. The city has reported 138 homicides so far this year, down by nearly one-third from the same period in 2020. St. Louis is on pace to have the fewest killings since 2018.