St. Louis Police

WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Police in the St. Louis area are searching for a suspect who stole a car with a 2-year-old inside. The car was found abandoned about an hour later and the toddler was unharmed. The car was stolen Sunday night in the West Alton area of northern St...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis police chief says nine people have been arrested and officers have used tear gas to clear a street amid protests after an armed 18-year-old was fatally shot by police. Police Chief Sam Dotson said protesters who were blocking a street also threw glass bottles and bricks at officers...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A veteran who was part of the famed Tuskegee Airmen was the victim of crimes twice within a few minutes in St. Louis. Police say the man got lost Sunday while trying to find his daughter's home. He stopped to call. That's when another man got in the car, took money from the victim's pants pocket and left...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police say two women were seriously injured when a car collided with a school bus. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports witnesses told police the car pulled into the path of the bus Monday evening. None of the five children on the bus was hurt...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities who detonated a suspicious canvas bag found outside the St. Louis police department's headquarters say it turned out to be mostly clothes. The bag was discovered about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The package was detonated about 7:45 p...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police have arrested a 48-year-old suspect they say intentionally rammed into two vehicles with officers in them in St. Louis. The incident happened Friday night in the Baden neighborhood. Authorities say police were patrolling the area when an officer's vehicle was deliberately struck from behind...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The FBI, DEA and St. Louis police on Monday announced a new effort to curb the growing trend of violence in the city. Mission SAVE is a joint effort between federal and local police and prosecutors. There were 71 homicides through July last year...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police are investigating three fatal shootings that occurred in the span of a few hours in St. Louis. KMOX-TV reports three people were killed in separate incidents Sunday, with the first reported around 12:50 a.m. The St...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police are investigating after gunfire struck a bus filled with people on a rolling birthday party. The Post-Dispatch reports that some of the occupants were struck by shards of glass from shattered windows, although no one was seriously hurt...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities are investigating after they say a woman was fatally shot and three men were injured in and around a St. Louis park. The shooting happened Tuesday afternoon at Rumbold Park in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. Police say they don't have a motive but assume the shooting was targeted...