ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Two teenage boys were shot at, one being struck, after getting off a bus in north St. Louis on Sunday afternoon, police say.
It happened near N. Grand and Page Boulevards around 3:45 p.m. Police say the 16-year-old and 14-year-old victims had just walked off the bus when they noticed they were being followed.
The suspect wearing a black mask approached the victims "in a threatening manner" and then fired at them, hitting the 16-year-old in the ankle, police say. The victims were able to run away and were found by police a few blocks away near N. Grand Boulevard and Cook Avenue.
The suspect, described as a Black male, with short haircut and wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, was not apprehended. Police say an investigation is ongoing.
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