St. Louis breaks record of most children shot in 2020

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) — Teddy bears, candles, and a message of hope were along the fence line on Laclede in the Central West End; hope for justice for two lives lost to gun violence. 

“It’s just over and over pain,” said Suketha Rankin. In January, her son Darrion Rankin-Fleming and her granddaughter Dmyah Fleming, were shot and killed.

Dmyah, a 7-year-old, is one of the eight children killed in the City of St. Louis this year. It’s an alarming number after a record-breaking year.

“Children injured by gun violence come to both of our hospitals on almost a daily basis. If you put both of our numbers combined it was 261 kids who were injured and treated at our two hospitals,” Josh Dugal said, the trauma program manager at SSM Cardinal Glennon Hospital.

Between St. Louis Children’s Hospital and SSM Cardinal Glennon, they see more children injured by gun violence than any city in the country.

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