The city grapples with yet another eruption of violence after a shooting in the Wells/Goodfellow neighborhood left one man dead and another in critical condition. The incident, which shatters the pre-dawn calm on Tuesday, marks another entry in the ledger of St. Louis's ongoing confrontation with gun violence. According to a statement by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the shooting occurred shortly before 5:45 a.m. in the 5500 block of Labadie.
Tragic arrivals at the crime scene, the officers found two men lying in the street, both of whom had been shot. First responders declared Eddie Mull, a 42-year-old resident of Spanish Lake, MO, dead at the scene. The other victim, a 49-year-old man, was rushed to the hospital, his condition critical, desperately holding on to life.
Homicide detectives have been charged with piecing together the circumstances that led up to the fatal event, facing the daunting task of restoring some semblance of order and justice. Community members are being urged to come forward with any information that might assist in the investigation.
Any individual with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact the authorities or leave an anonymous tip with CrimeStoppers for those fears speaking out.
