{"id":255109,"date":"2026-04-07T03:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/255109\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T03:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:57:11","slug":"13-year-old-accused-of-killing-student-injuring-another-in-shooting-at-track-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/255109\/","title":{"rendered":"13-year-old accused of killing student, injuring another in shooting at track meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

FERGUSON, Mo. (WKRC) – A 13-year-old was accused of murdering a young student and injuring another during a shooting at a school track meet.<\/p>\n

According to a release <\/a>from the Ferguson Police Department, officers responded to the parking lot of the STEAM Academy at McCluer South Berkeley High School at around 7 p.m. on March 31 regarding a report of shots fired. A multi-school track meet was concluding at around the same time.<\/p>\n

First responders reportedly found two juvenile victims suffering from gunshot wounds – a 13-year-old and a 15-year-old. Both were taken to the hospital, but the 13-year-old succumbed to his injuries shortly after the shooting. The 15-year-old was still in serious condition as of the department’s release.<\/p>\n

The suspected shooter, a 13-year-old, was found just two blocks away from the school with a firearm and was arrested, authorities said. No motive was established as of the release’s publication.<\/p>\n

“This is a heartbreaking incident that has deeply impacted our community, especially the families and students connected to this tragedy,” said Police Chief Troy Doyle.<\/p>\n

The Ferguson-Florissant School District released a statement noting that the suspect and the two victims were not students from their district, but from other districts visiting for the track meet.<\/p>\n

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The 13-year-old suspect, who remained unidentified, was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault resulting in serious physical injury, two counts of armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FERGUSON, Mo. (WKRC) – A 13-year-old was accused of murdering a young student and injuring another during a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-255109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}