I would have sworn I heard a third one

December 31st, 2007

This says two dead, neither of them in my ‘hood, but I would have sworn I heard 5-6 shots, in rapid succession, around 1:40 a.m.

Hmmm. Maybe they missed.

Two dead in overnight shootings in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
12/31/2007

Two men were shot to death in separate incidents overnight in St. Louis, police said.

The first slaying happened about 11: 40 p.m. Sunday in the 3700 block of Michigan, St. Louis police said. James Lindsay, 42, of the 7000 block of Michigan, was found shot to death. Police said no other details were immediately available.

In the second shooting, an unidentified man was found shot to death in an alley in the 4300 block of Lee in north St. Louis shortly before 2 a.m. this morning. The man was dead at the scene.

Detectives were investigating both shootings.

In other STL news:

We’ve been ranked No. 6 among the “Top Ten Most Literate Cities“. It’s therefore surprising to me that people don’t read more about how to use condoms, and how it’s not nice to shoot people.