ST. LOUIS — Two were shot, one fatally, on Monday evening across the street from the campus of St. Louis University, police said.
Police said an argument erupted between numerous people in the parking lot of a building that housed two fast-food restaurants, a Papa Johns pizza place and Jimmy Johns sandwich shop, in the 3800 block of Laclede Avenue, across the street from a university athletic field.
The argument escalated into a shooting, said Maj. Janice Bockstruck. Two were shot, both males between 16 and 20 years old, police said.
One died and one was injured, police said. The injured victim's wounds were not life-threatening.
No university students were involved, police said, and the shooting was not a threat to campus.
The shooting was at the main campus' southwestern edge, near