Colin Brown

A 16-year-old high school hockey player died in the hospital Wednesday after he was struck by a stray bullet over the weekend while riding in his father’s car on Interstate 55 in south St. Louis, police said. Colin Brown, a Christian Brothers College High School junior, was shot Saturday night near the intersection of I-55 and Loughborough Avenue while on his way home from a hockey game in Affton. Police announced his death on Wednesday afternoon at a news conference. It brought a barrage of public heartbreak. CBC High officials informed their community of Colin’s death with “heavy hearts” and “deep sadness.” The St. Louis Blues said they would celebrate Colin’s life with a pre-game moment of silence on Saturday, and donate raffle proceeds to his family. Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe said on social media he was devastated, and called for accountability for the shooter. And the office of Mayor Tishaura O. Jones released a statement calling the shooting senseless and reckless. Donovan M. Baucom, 28, and Garrett Jordan, 26, were both charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, three counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in connectionwith Brown's death. Police said Baucom was driving the Audi from which the deadly shots were fired on Nov. 23. Baucom lives in the 4200 block of Smithfield Place in Bel-Ridge. He is being held without bond. Jordan raps in St. Louis under the name YelloTapee. Charging documents said he left his home on Minnesota Avenue in an Audi the night of Nov. 23 and followed a car onto I-55. The car being followed had also been at the Minnesota home, and its driver told police he was shot at in the same area and time as was Colin, authorities said.