Aftermath of the Black Friday protests.
One person was killed and eight others injured in unrelated shootings throughout the city over 15 hours Friday.
Police released few details about the seven shootings, which began in the early morning and ended in the late afternoon with a triple shooting in south St. Louis that took the life of one male victim. Eight other victims were hospitalized for their injuries. At least one of them was in critical condition.
The death brought the city’s number of recorded homicides up to 189, surpassing by one the homicide total recorded in both 2016 and 2015. The homicide total was 171 on this day last year.