UPDATE: 6:44 PM. Saint Louis Police now say the child found critically injured with a 45-year old woman, is a nine-year old girl. Both victims remain in critical unstable condition.
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - St. Louis police say it's "unthinkable" what took place at a home in North City Sunday morning. A woman and young boy were found shot inside a house that was set on fire.
Spokesman Mitch McCoy investigators are working on identifying the woman and child. He adds they are both in critical condition fighting for their lives.
The incident took place just after midnight Sunday in the 57-hundred block of Floy near Leonora Avenue. Homicide detectives are on the case. They're asking anyone with information to call CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-TIPS.