Charges filed in shooting that wounded 13-year-old

ST. LOUIS – A suspected gunman will remain jailed until trial for a shooting last month that injured a 13-year-old boy.

According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s probable cause statement, the shooting happened around 7:35 p.m. on Dec. 16, 2025, in the 800 block of Canaan Avenue, located in the city’s Baden neighborhood.

Police said the victim was standing in the doorway of a home when several shots rang out. The teen suffered what police described as a “through-and-through” wound to the buttocks. The residence also sustained ballistic damage.

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After speaking with witnesses and reviewing surveillance video, investigators later identified a black sedan as the shooter’s vehicle. Video showed the sedan pulling up in the alleyway behind the residence, the driver exiting the car with an AR-style rifle and firing multiple rounds at the home…

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