More youth gun violence: Toddler shot in head in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police say a 1-year-old girl was shot in the head and 23-year-old man was shot in the chest in the city’s Fairground neighborhood. The incident happened about 8:30 p.m. Friday. Police said the toddler’s condition was not known and the wounded man was “barely conscious but breathing.” No other details were immediately available. The shooting is the latest in a surge of gun violence involving hundreds of children in St. Louis over the last several years. Many of the shootings have happened when children have tried to handle guns. The group Educators for Gun Safety has sponsored numerous free gun lock giveaways at St. Louis public schools focused on giving gun locks to families with children.