9-year-old girl, mom die after being found shot in burning home

ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) – A 9-year-old girl and her mother have died after a shooting and house fire in St. Louis.

According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the St. Louis City Fire Department responded to a call for a fire on Dec. 21. When firefighters put out the fire, they found a woman and a girl shot inside the home.

Police said Monday that the girl, identified as Paige Buckner, died from her injuries. The next day, police announced that her mother, identified as Latasha Brown, 45, had died from her injuries…

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