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100 firefighters battle fire at vacant warehouse near riverfront in St. Louis

2 years 5 months ago
St. Louis firefighters on Tuesday night were on the scene of a large fire at a vacant warehouse near the Mississippi River, just north of the Gateway Arch. The St. Louis Fire Department said the fire was at a warehouse near the intersection of North First Street and O'Fallon Street in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood. The first call for the fire came out at around 7 p.m. As of 8:30 p.m., the fire department said 100 firefighters responded to the scene and were fighting the fire. They said…
Sam Clancy, KSDK

'I've been an isolated loner my entire life': New details emerge about Central VPA gunman

2 years 5 months ago
New details have emerged about the gunman who killed two and injured six others Monday morning in a shooting at a south St. Louis high school. Police identified the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School gunman as 19-year-old Orlando Harris during a news conference Monday evening. Harris graduated from the high school in 2021 and had no criminal history. Multiple sources familiar with the investigation told KSDK's Christine Byers the following information about the attack and what led up…
Christine Byers, Jennifer Somers and Kayla Wheeler, KSDK

Former Wildwood mayor dies after cycling accident

2 years 5 months ago
A former Wildwood mayor died Saturday after falling off his bike. St. Louis County police responded to a sick call just after 10 a.m. Saturday near Melrose Road and Highway T in Wildwood. When officers arrived they found paramedics treating 65-year-old David Glaser for a head injury that occurred as a result of falling off his bicycle. He was transported to an area hospital and later died. As there was no vehicle involved in the fatal incident, police aren't conducting a criminal investigation…
Jennifer Somers, KSDK

Missouri lawmaker pays tribute to former teacher killed in school shooting

2 years 5 months ago
When LaKeySha Bosley approached the stage to speak to a crowd of mourners grieving a school shooting, she wasn't just another politician promising to pass gun control measures. She was grieving her own former teacher. "She was a great teacher," Bosley remembered. "She never gave up on me." Jean Kuczka, a 61-year-old health teacher at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, was one of two victims shot and killed in the Monday morning school shooting. Bosley wiped tears away from her eyes…
Mark Maxwell

'It's a nightmare': Father in disbelief after daughter killed in south St. Louis school shooting

2 years 5 months ago
Tears streamed down Andre Bell's face when he got the heartbreaking telephone call Monday morning. "It's a nightmare," Bell said. His 15-year-old daughter Alexandria Bell had been shot and killed in her classroom at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in south St. Louis. "My daughter's mother called me and that's how I found out. I didn't initially think the call was real," Bell said. The young girl's father lives in Los Angeles. Hours after the shooting, Alex's father did an exclusive…
Robert Townsend