ST. LOUIS — Police are investigating after a woman was found shot to death in St. Louis’ Dutchtown neighborhood Monday afternoon.
Officers responded to the 3400 block of Klocke around 3:50 p.m. for a shooting and found a woman in the street with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The woman has not been identified.
Anyone with information should contact St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Division at 314-444-5371 or to remain anonymous contact CrimeStoppers at 866-371-8477.
The number of people killed in the Dutchtown neighborhood have more than doubled from 2018 to this year.
The most recent killing comes just as city leaders announced the Dutchtown neighborhood was picked to be part of ‘Cure Violence.’
‘Cure Violence’ works to combat violence in neighborhoods by treating it like a disease. The program works to connect residents with access to resources they need while also training people who live in the communities to work to break-up conflict, identify at-risk residents and "interrupt" potentially violent situations.
The Board of Aldermen approved $5 million in funding for the violence prevention program in October.
The city chose the locations based on crime analysis data from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Mayor Krewson's spokesperson Jacob Long said.
The St. Louis City Department of Health will be in charge of the initiative.
