ST. LOUIS — A 17-year-old boy has been charged in the death of a 15-year-old, St. Louis police said Saturday.
Jamar Hamilton was shot early Tuesday outside a gas station in the Baden neighborhood of north St. Louis. He was identified by police Wednesday.
Police said Hamilton, of Glasgow Village in north St. Louis County, was found dead about 1:40 a.m. at a Speedie station at 8880 North Broadway. He had been with a group of people who exchanged gunfire with occupants of another vehicle, police said.
The 17-year-old was taken into custody Tuesday on an unrelated offense, according to police. He was charged Friday with first-degree murder, first-degree assault and armed criminal action, among others. His name has not been released because he is a minor, police said.
Another boy, 16-year-old Logan Snyder, was killed in a separate incident last week. Snyder was shot Thursday evening in the Lemay area of south St. Louis County. At least 67 children have been hit by gunfire across the St. Louis metropolitan area so far this year. Nineteen of those children have died.
Children injured or killed by gunfire in the St. Louis area in 2024
Below is the St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of children who have been injured or killed by gunfire across the St. Louis metropolitan area in 2024. The children are 17 years old or younger.
At least 68 children have been shot, as of Nov. 17. Nineteen of those children have died.
Nearly all of the shootings were in the city of St. Louis.
Read coverage from 2023 . Read coverage from 2022 . Read coverage from 2021 . Read coverage from 2020 . A 17-year-old boy had been shot in the chest during a party at a short-term rental property in south St. Louis. Logan Snyder, 16, was shot at Regina and Horn avenues shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday. He died at the scene. Jamar Hamilton, 15, was found dead on the ground at the Speedy station at 8880 North Broadway. The boy was shot about 10 p.m. in the 2000 block of Mullanphy Street, northeast of Jefferson and Cass avenues. Gunfire also hit nearby apartme... The youth told St. Louis Police that he was a passenger in an SUV when they heard gunshots. He realized he had been shot, and his friends drov... The 2-year-old child was shot in the abdomen. Police could not confirm who fired the shot that hit the toddler. Police were called shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday to the shooting scene in the 900 block of North Second Street in Belleville. Officers found ... The boy told officers he and his family were walking in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood when the driver of a black SUV fired shots in their d... He and his siblings were standing in the 3100 block of Chippewa Avenue when a burgundy SUV stopped in front of their home and fired shots towa... Demetrius Haymon, 23, told police he went outside and found two teens breaking into his car, so he went outside to confront them with a gun. ... Harley Hosein was shot by a sibling. Four young children were in the home, but no adults were present. Karmel Graham, 16, was shot and killed as he and two others were "checking vehicles." A juvenile witness said Michael Tolden fired several sho... The teen was found in an alley. He had been shot in the chest, police said. A16-year-old male was shot in the thigh while he was walking with two other friends. Dameon Kennedy-Henderson, 17, of Ferguson was found shot dead lying in the doorway of a vacant residence. A 16-year-old suspected robber was in critical condition at a local hospital after being shot at the intersection of Russell Boulevard and Sou... The boy was walking around 8:30 p.m. near the intersection of Emily Street and Obear Avenue when he heard gunshots and realized he had been sh... The child's father was taken into custody after telling police he'd been working with a firearm when it accidentally went off, with the child ... She was taken to a hospital and police said her injury is life-threatening. Police said she is either 15 or 16 years old. The teen died three days after being shot. A 15-year-old was arrested and is being charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to police. A 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg in north St. Louis Saturday morning while walking in the Carr Square neighborhood, police said. The teen told police that two people with black ski masks on their faces shot at him while he was standing on a front porch. The boys, 15 and 16, were shot just after 5 p.m. in the 2000 block of East Obear Avenue, police said. A 17-year-old was hit in the shoulder, and a 15-year-old was hit in the knee, according to St. Louis police. Their injuries were not considered life-threatening, Illinois State Police said. No information was provided on the victims' ages or genders. His parents were fighting with another group, police said, when someone opened fire. The 16-year-old was listed in critical condition. The girl was shot in the head in the 2700 block of Miami Street. She died at a hospital. According to police reports, when the girl began to get the advantage in the fight, the woman retrieved a handgun from an unidentified man nea... Two teens have been charged with murder after a 15-year-old boy shot last weekend at an illegal car show died. Four others were shot and injur... Four boys - between 15 and 17 years old - were shot on Mother's Day in the 10000 block of Toelle Lane in north St. Louis County. One died. A 2-year-old boy was treated for injuries after a man with an AR-15 fired several shots at a car on Chambers Road, blowing out the windshield.... The boy said he heard a shot that he believed came from a black SUV, according to police. The boy's mother said she was in bed next to the 4-year-old, who was sitting crossed legged when she heard a gunshot, picked the boy up and sa... A 16-year-old boy was shot several times on a Thursday afternoon. Investigators said the teenager told one of the witnesses the suspect had at... The 16-year-old told police that he and his brother, also 16, were walking on Kennerly when a car drove by and shot at them. A hospital called police and told officers the 17-year-old boy had shown up with a gunshot to his hand. Lawrence A. Clark was killed around 1 p.m. in the 1500 block of Purdue Avenue. A toddler accidentally shot himself after he found his uncle's gun inside a home here. The uncle is a St. Louis sheriff's deputy. The 17-year-old boy was shot twice in the legs. Police say they found the boy shot in his side near the 1500 block of Newhouse at about 12:45 a.m. Investigators said the boy was playing football with his friends when a dog began running around. The suspect began shooting toward the dog bu... The teenager had been shot in his leg. He told officers he was walking when a white sedan began shooting at him, police said. A 16-year-old boy on Monday accidentally shot himself in the leg while handling a gun. A 16-year-old was shot in the leg in the Columbus Square neighborhood. The 16-year-old told officers he was walking when a person approached him from behind and opened fire, police said. A 17-year-old boy was found shot near the Heman Park Community Center. Police said he was expected to survive. Tyree Williams, 16, died on the way to the hospital after being shot in the 2800 block of Innsbruck Drive, police said. Colin Courtwright, 15, was one of two teens shot and killed, along with a man who was injured, near an apartment complex just before 2 p.m. He said was riding in a white Toyota when the shots were fired, police said. He would not tell officers where the shooting happened. The 13-year-old girl was shot in the head while standing on her porch. Authorities listed her in critical condition, and she later died from h... The teen told police he was walking and a dark sedan drove by; he then heard several shots and realized he was shot in the leg, hip and shoulder. A 17-year-old girl shot herself in the hand and thigh, police said. Police said the 16-year-old was walking in an alley around 6:30 p.m. in the 4500 block of McMillian Avenue when he heard two shots rings out. ... A 17-year-old boy was found dead near a cemetery in Jennings after being shot to death. He was identified as Jaimarcus McDaniel of East St. Louis. & Courts newsletter Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email.
