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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on a fatal drive-by shooting in St. Louis (all times local):
2:35 p.m.
Police say a 40-year-old St. Louis man has been fatally shot in a drive-by shooting that also injured five other people.
St. Louis police on Wednesday identified the man who died as Stanley Sparkling. Police said he was unconscious, not breathing and suffering from a gunshot wound to the head when they arrived in a neighborhood on the city's north side to investigate.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Sparkling was sitting on a porch. He lived on the same block.
Police said someone in a sport utility vehicle began shooting about 5:30 p.m.
They said two men were critically wounded as they sat in a car and two women sustained graze wounds. All are listed in stable condition. Police said a third woman refused medical treatment for unspecified injuries.
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11:49 p.m. Tuesday.
Police say a man has been killed and five other people injured in a drive-by shooting in St. Louis.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that someone in a sport utility vehicle began shooting about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in a neighborhood on the city's north side. A man sitting on a porch was fatally wounded. Police did not immediately identify him.
Two other men were critically wounded as they sat inside a car.
Three women were also hurt. One was listed in stable condition and the other two sustained graze wounds.
The SUV drove off after the shooting. No arrests have been reported.
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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com
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