16-year-old Jamad Edwards killed after shooting on Minnesota Avenue in south St. Louis

A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed early Tuesday morning in the Tower Grove East neighborhood, prompting a homicide investigation by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

Officers responded to reports of gunfire around 2:20 a.m. on April 16 in the 2800 block of Minnesota Avenue, where they found a male victim lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds.

The victim, later identified as Jamad Edwards, 16, of St. Louis, was transported to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.