ST. LOUIS (AP) – A 16-year-old man died after being struck by a stray bullet last week on a St. Louis highway.
Colin Brown was hit on Saturday night while driving home in his father’s car after playing a hockey game, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
The high school student died Wednesday at the hospital, police said.
Police spokesman Mitch McCoy called it “a small number” of people being hit by a stray bullet in the city.
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No arrests have been made, but police have received tips and new video evidence.
More than 200 people attended Brown’s vigil Monday, and members of his hockey team met Wednesday to remember him. The St
“He’s the first guy to applaud you when you’re down and the first guy to celebrate you when you’re up,” Blake Ryan, Brown’s assistant coach, told the Post-Dispatch. “He was a natural leader and always quick to do the right thing.”