BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS, Mo. (AP) — Police say a 13-year-old girl suspected in a St. Louis-area shooting that critically wounded a Korean couple in their 70s has surrendered.
Bellefontaine Neighbors Police Chief Jeremy Ihler told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the girl turned herself in Wednesday at a St. Louis County police precinct.
The victims of Tuesday’s shooting at King’s Beauty Supply in Bellefontaine Neighbors are the parents of the store owner and speak little English.
The girl and another juvenile had been kicked out of the store earlier in the day for stealing. Police say the shoplifting wasn’t reported. The girls returned later and the couple called police. One girl was taken into custody and the other was released with a warning.
The girl released with the warning is suspected of returning and shooting the couple.