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10-year-old St. Joseph child shot, hospitalized

By Brian Hagen

09/10/2025

(KAIR)--A 10-year-old child, shot in the left thigh while sleeping Wednesday morning in St. Joseph, Missouri, remained hospitalized in stable condition as of Wednesday afternoon.

That's according to a report from KQ2-TV which cites the St. Joseph Police Department in reporting that officers responded to the shooting call around 3:20 Wednesday morning in the 900 block of South 18th Street where they saw that the duplex had been shot at and the child, who was sleeping in an upstairs bedroom, was shot in the leg.

Officers provided first aid until emergency medical personnel arrived at the scene.

Officers recovered 40 shell casings from the scene, including a mixture of rifle and handgun ammunition, across the street southeast of the duplex. Two vehicles parked on South 18th street were also hit by in the shooting.

Residents at the adjoining duplex reported there were no injuries.

The investigation is ongoing.

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