ST. LOUIS (WHDH) — A juvenile has been placed into custody after a 13-year-old girl was fatally shot in St. Louis on Tuesday afternoon.
Officers responding to a reported shooting on Lynncrest Court just before 4 p.m. found Navaeh Smallwood, 13, of St. Louis, suffering from an apartment gunshot wound, according to St. Louis County Police.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A juvenile suspect was apprehended.
Police are investigating the relationship between the suspect and victim but Navaeh’s great aunt told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the suspect was the girl’s boyfriend.
The St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons is leading the investigation.
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