ST. LOUIS COUNTY — A 15-year-old girl died Monday after a boy unintentionally shot her, police said.
The girl who died as was identified Tuesday night as Kho'Mori McGee. She lived in the 1000 block of Starshire Court in the Spanish Lake area.
A 14-year-old boy was taken into police custody and is being held at the Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ County Family Court.Â
Vera Clay, a spokeswoman for county police, said charges against the boy have yet to be determined but the family court "found sufficient cause to detain him."
Police didn't identify him.
Kho'Mori died Monday afternoon at the scene of a shooting in the 10900 block of John James Drive. Police have not said where the teens got the gun or how the shooting happened.
Clay said investigators believe the shooting was "unintentional."
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Kho'Mori is among at least 10 children across the metro area to be shot this year. Seven of the child shooting victims have died.
At this time last year, 17 children in the region had been shot and seven of them had died.
Children injured or killed by gunfire in the Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ area in 2025
Below is the Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ coverage of children who have been injured or killed by gunfire across the Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ metropolitan area in 2025. The children are 17 years old or younger.
Across the Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ region this year, 28 children have been shot, as of June 30. Fourteen of them have died; two children were under the age of 5.
A 16-year old boy died, a 17-year-old boy was injured and an 18-year old woman was injured in the shooting. Police said two people began shoot…
An 8-year-old was injured alongside an adult man. Michael Maxon, 22, was killed in the same shooting. Police say the suspect dragged Maxon out…
Stray gunfire from a group arguing in the street hit a 13-year-old boy and a woman walking her dog in Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ, police said.
Jordan Neal, 9, died and a 10-year-old boy is in critical condition after a shooting. The boys and a 32-year-old man were in a car that was fi…
A 17-year-old boy was shot and seriously injured after he was approached by an unknown male suspect, according to police.
11-year-old Marshaun Futrell Jr. was shot and killed accidentally. Futrell and a 13-year-old boy were playing with guns Futrell had in his boo…
16-year-old Aeyion Barnett was with a group breaking into cars when a man who lived on the block fired a warning shot to startle the would-be …
Jamad Edwards, 16, was found by police in the street on Minnesota Avenue and taken to a hospital, where he died.
A 15-year-old boy was shot after he got out of a car behind a home, he told police.
A 14-year-old boy was in critical condition after he was shot in his bed in his family's home, police said. Police believe that the bullet was…
The 16-year-old boy was shot multiple times.
The 2-year-old found a gun on a couch after his mother left the room to get a snack, police said.
The teen was outside a gas station when a dark-colored vehicle drove past and fired multiple shots, police said.
Ophelia Lawery-Daniels, just 9 months old, died at a hospital after being shot, police said. Her mother described her as an active and energet…
The teens, both 15, were shot shortly before 7 p.m. in the 100 block of Lazarcheff Drive, police said. Charles E. Jones was pronounced dead da…
The boy, 13, was shot and critically injured around 11 p.m. in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood, police said.
The girl, Kho'Mori McGee, died Tuesday after a boy unintentionally shot her, police said.Â
Parker Bujnak, 17, was the second teen from Belleville to be fatally shot this month.
Police said she was shot in the chest area. The 10-year-old was listed in critical condition following surgery. County police later said a juv…
A 16-year-old boy was shot to death Monday evening outside his home in Belleville, authorities said.
Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ County police said the child died at a hospital. The incident took place about 1:45 p.m. in the 10500 block of Castle Drive.
The victim, Dae'wan Lindsay, died Feb. 4 of injuries from the shooting. Police say they believe it was a homicide.
Maryland Heights police Chief Bill Carson said the boy led police on a chase in a stolen vehicle early Saturday morning. It ended after the bo…
Police found Rashaud Boaze in the street. He is the city's first child homicide victim of the year.
Mattison Johnson, 16, was shot at her home in the city's College Hill neighborhood. Mary Cornelius, 18, is charged with involuntary manslaughter.
The Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ tracks the data behind reported homicides on an interactive map that allows readers to explore information in various ways.
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