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A 3-year-old child died after being struck by gunfire in a drive-by shooting that also wounded an 11-year-old. The shooting happened about 12:20 a.m. at North 15th Street and East Broadway in East St. Louis. Someone in a passing vehicle was shooting, and the children were hit, said Trooper Rodger Goines with the Illinois State Police. A 3-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries after being shot, police said, and was pronounced dead sometime later at a hospital. An 11-year-old boy also was shot but suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening, police said; that child also was taken to a hospital for treatment.