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   From: lincoln@failed   
      
   ST. LOUIS — There was a “little less juvenile activity” and “fireworks   
   play   
   was a lot less, too,” Saturday night and early Sunday morning in downtown   
   St. Louis, according to an internal St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department   
   email obtained by 5 On Your Side.   
      
   The overnight hours were not, however, without their share of violence   
   that’s plagued the city in the past several days, most notably in the hours   
   after the Celebrate Saint Louis fireworks display on July 4 when seven   
   people were injured in a mass shooting at Kiener Plaza.   
      
   On Saturday at 5 p.m., officers were alerted by an off-duty St. Louis police   
   officer who was working a secondary shift to a man firing a gun near   
   Memorial Plaza in the 1500 block of Market Street, directly across from   
   Stifel Theatre.   
      
   A 15-year-old boy from Arkansas was crossing Market Street with his friend,   
   also 15, and his friend's parents when they heard gunfire.   
      
   "There were several people in the park. Many of them (were) gathered around   
   (a) statue. We heard five gunshots from that direction, and my son's friend   
   told me he had been hit in the arm," said Britini Rush.   
      
   The boy was grazed on his elbow by a bullet. He was treated for his injury   
   at the scene.   
      
   "We continued down the sidewalk, and staff from the Enterprise Center got to   
   us quickly and took us to medical. It was a minor injury. We are thankful   
   for the quick response of the Enterprise Center staff, firemen, ambulance,   
   police and detectives," Rush said.   
      
   The four were in St. Louis to attend the AJR concert at Enterprise Center.   
      
   "We did make it to the concert, and AJR put on an amazing show," Rush said.   
      
   At the time of the shooting, the area was densely packed with cars and other   
   pedestrians also headed to the concert, which was set to begin at 6:45 p.m.   
      
   A 59-year-old Uber driver was traveling east on Market Street when his Scion   
   was struck several times by gunfire. He was not injured.   
      
   Another police officer saw the man get in a Chrysler 200 being driven by a   
   woman. A description of the vehicle was broadcast on police radios, and the   
   car was stopped about a half-mile away near 18th and Olive streets.   
      
   The off-duty officer who initially saw the man firing a gun responded to the   
   scene and positively identified him.   
      
   Police arrested Jaquan Rush, who was subsequently charged with one count   
   each of second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession   
   of a firearm and first-degree property damage, and two counts of armed   
   criminal action. Rush, 28, was being held without bond at the St. Louis City   
   Justice Center.   
      
   Police also found Rush violated his probation after he pleaded guilty in   
   April to one felony count of first-degree sexual abuse and one misdemeanor   
   count of first-degree sexual misconduct.   
      
   “The additional police presence in the downtown area, provided by the detail   
   we put out every weekend as well as uniformed officers working private   
   security for planned events in the area, coordinating with our Real Time   
   Crime Center were vital in the quick apprehension of the suspect responsible   
   for this incident,” police said in a blog post on the department’s website.   
      
   The 31-year-old driver of the Chrysler was also arrested on several warrants   
   for failing to appear in court on municipal traffic violations in St. Louis.   
      
   Police said the gun used in the shooting was not located.   
      
   Early Sunday morning, a 20-year-old St. Louis man and a 17-year-old boy from   
   Berkeley were shot during an attempted robbery in Kiener Plaza.   
      
   Police said the 20-year-old man ran across Chestnut Street to the Kiener   
   Plaza West parking garage, where he was subsequently found with gunshot   
   wounds to his back, leg and stomach. He was taken to a St. Louis hospital in   
   critical condition.   
      
   The 17-year-old boy arrived at a St. Louis hospital for treatment of his   
   injuries. He was shot in the upper leg while running from the scene, police   
   said.   
      
   A bystander fired shots at the suspects, described as three males wearing   
   dark clothing and dark-colored face masks. It’s unclear if any of them were   
   struck by gunfire.   
      
   In other weekend crime throughout the city, officers responded Saturday   
   morning to Bellerive Park along the banks of the Mississippi River in south   
   St. Louis, where they found a 35-year-old man who had been shot in his   
   pelvis.   
      
   “The man told officers he was walking in the park when another man ran up to   
   him asking for help. The man began to hide behind the 35-year-old man,”   
      
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