Byron Burrows

One man was killed and another man was critically injured in a double shooting in the North Pointe neighborhood of St. Louis, authorities said. The man who died, Byron Burrows, 29, was a suspect in the shooting about 5 p.m. on Goodfellow Boulevard, north of West Florissant Avenue. Police said Burrows was found inside the front door of a building in the 5900 block of Goodfellow Boulevard. He had been shot multiple times, police said. About a block away, in the 5800 block of Goodfellow, police found a bullet-riddled car that had crashed. The man who was shot but survived had been a passenger in that car, police said. He was found near the car. He was taken to a hospital in critical but stable condition. Police did not describe the circumstances of the shooting, but later classified Burrows' death as a justifiable homicide.

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Died

May 16, 2021

Type

Shooting

Age

29 years old

Gender

Male

Where

5900 block of Goodfellow Boulevard,
North Pointe,
St. Louis city