Three people showed up bleeding outside a Florissant Culver's Wednesday night, flagging down a police officer in the parking lot just before 8:30 p.m. after being shot somewhere else in the area. All three were rushed to the hospital. Police believe they were shot in the parking lot of a business in the 2900 block of Patterson Road.
The restaurant sits at 975 North Highway 67, also known as Lindbergh Boulevard. As FOX 2 reported, the victims sought help at the Culver's after the shooting occurred elsewhere, and the story was still developing as of early Thursday.
The victims sought help at the Culver's after being shot elsewhere.
A Stretch of Lindbergh With a Recent History of Violence
This is not the first time gunfire has sent someone fleeing toward safety along a Florissant corridor in recent days. Just a week earlier, on October 1, First Alert 4 reported that Florissant police responded to a separate overnight shooting near Parker Road and Waterford, where a driver was shot before crashing their vehicle — another case of a gunshot victim seeking help in the immediate aftermath of being shot elsewhere.
Earlier in September, St. Louis County prosecutors filed 14 felony counts against a 19-year-old suspect tied to a shooting in the 11800 block of Florissant Road, a case that drew support from county detectives working alongside municipal police, per the St. Louis County Police Department. Multi-jurisdictional responses are common when shootings happen along major arterial roads in this part of North St. Louis County.
Violent Crime Trends in Florissant
Florissant, a suburban municipality of roughly 50,700 residents, has seen its violent crime numbers climb recently. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data compiled by OpenCrime shows the city recorded 173 violent crimes in 2024, a 28.1 percent jump from 136 incidents in 2023, including two homicides and 118 aggravated assaults — a violent crime rate of 341.3 per 100,000 residents.
The Florissant Police Department polices that growth with approximately 87 sworn officers, a staffing ratio of about 17.1 officers per 10,000 residents, according to Police Scorecard, across a jurisdiction spanning more than 12 square miles.
Suspect Not in Custody
No suspect was in custody in Wednesday's shooting.
Separately, Missouri Revised Statutes Section 571.030 covers unlawful use of a weapon, including unlawfully discharging or displaying a firearm, which can also reach Class B felony status carrying 5 to 15 years.
Police believe the victims were shot in the parking lot of a business in the 2900 block of Patterson Road, though that has not been confirmed. Anyone with information is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-TIPS, where tips can be submitted anonymously and may be eligible for a cash reward.
A detective was injured during a warrant operation in Vinita Park.
