An 8-Year-Old Girl Was Shot Dead in St. Louis Near a High School Event

An 8-year-old girl was killed and three other people were injured in a shooting near a preseason high school football event.
An 8-Year-Old Girl Was Shot Dead in St. Louis Near a High School Event
Police at the scene of a deadly shooting near a preseason high school football event in St. Louis on Aug. 23, 2019. KMO
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An 8-year-old girl was killed and three other people were injured in a shooting near a preseason high school football event on Aug. 23 in St. Louis, police said.

Investigators are looking for whoever fired the shots. The girl is the 12th child or teenager killed by gunfire in the Missouri city since April, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.