Keyon Taylor

Police have arrested two men after a triple shooting Thursday night that killed a teenage boy in the city's Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood. Just before 7:15 p.m. Thursday, police received alerts about a shooting at the Mobil Crown Mart gas station and convenience store at 5580 Martin Luther King Drive. Police said two groups of people started shooting at each other at the gas station. They found a 17-year-old Keyon Taylor shot in the shoulder and buttocks. The boy died at a hospital. A 36-year-old man was shot in the leg, shoulder and back. He was taken to the hospital by someone else before medics arrived. Police said he was stable. A 30-year-old man was found nearby in the 2600 block of Burd Avenue. He had been shot in the leg. Police said he was treated at a hospital and released. Police arrested the 30-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting. Police also arrested a 19-year-old man who was with him on Burd but uninjured. Police said they seized firearms from both men on Burd.

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Died

June 15, 2023

Type

Shooting

Age

17 years old

Gender

Male

Where

2600 block of Burd Avenue,
Wells-Goodfellow,
St. Louis city