16 people shot dead, including 2 fatally, during a violent weekend in St. Louis



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According to the authorities, at least 16 people were killed during the weekend in 10 separate incidents in St. Louis, two of them deadly.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the victims include a woman who was killed in an alley Saturday afternoon. On Saturday, in a shooting, one person was killed and four others injured inside a van.

Police said two others had also been injured near a light rail station and that a 17-year-old man had been shot in the leg while he was playing basketball -ball. The police department has published little details about the shootings. A spokeswoman for the department said the officers would provide more information on Monday.

The shooting occurred on the same weekend when police chief John Hayden appeared at a crime prevention summit to say the crime was on the decline.

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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com

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