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The crackle of gunshots has become white noise for children living in parts of north St. Louis.鈥淚 got used to it,鈥� a fifth grade girl said, 鈥渂ecause it鈥�

Updated Nov. 27 It's a horrific crime: the killing of a child. In St. Louis in 2019, it's been repeated again and again. Since Memorial Day weekend, nine鈥�

Early this spring, Shamyia Ford Jennings, 17, walked with her cousin and a friend to a corner store in north St. Louis. Minutes later, she was in St.鈥�

Updated Oct. 3 with approval by the Board of Estimate and ApportionmentFunding to start a nationally recognized anti-violence program in St. Louis has鈥�

A portrait of Frank 鈥淣itty鈥� Sessions hangs on the wall at Nitty鈥檚 Salon 1 and Retail on Natural Bridge Road, high above the manicure station.Tammy Riley鈥檚鈥�

Ten children have been shot to death in St. Louis since Memorial Day weekend 鈥� more than the total number of young people killed by guns in all of鈥�

Eddie Hill IV never showed up for the fifth grade. The 10-year-old was shot and killed enjoying his summer vacation from his front porch in the Lewis鈥�