ST. LOUIS — A homicide investigation is underway after two people were shot in The Grove Sunday night.
The shooting happened at about 10:30 p.m. near Manchester and Kentucky avenues along The Grove business district in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood.
Shakena Williams, 42, died from her injuries in the shooting, St. Louis police said.
A police source told 5 On Your Side that Williams was sitting in the passenger seat of a black Mercedes parked along Manchester Avenue when she was shot.
Williams was found suffering from a gunshot wound at the QuikTrip just down the road at 904 S. Vandeventer Avenue, where she had been driven in an attempt to find help. She was taken to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Police listed the other shooting victim, a man in his 40s, as a suspect.
Police sources told 5 On Your Side Monday afternoon that the man was in a poor medical state. They said he was taken to the hospital in a vehicle unrelated to the shooting.
Police on the scene said they were looking for two vehicles possibly related to the deadly Manchester shooting.
Vehicles shot on Gibson and Boyle avenues
Shots rang out at about midnight in the area of Gibson and Boyle, a few blocks from the double shooting on Manchester. Bullets struck a few cars parked on the street in the area.
Police have not confirmed whether these two incidents in The Grove are connected.
A police source told 5 On Your Side three teenagers heard gunshots on Manchester Avenue while sitting in a car. They drove away to west Gibson Avenue, where an unknown person came from between houses on the street and shot at the teens' vehicle.
The source said three other victims had their cars shot at, but no injuries were reported.
After the shooting, some neighbors had to tape up the shattered windows of their vehicles. 5 On Your Side spoke with Steven, a neighbor who said he was inside his home when the shots were fired outside.
“My wife and I were actually sitting right inside that window when we heard everything start," he said, pointing toward his home. "We jumped down on the ground. It’s a little scary being so close to the window so we got down and held down for a couple of minutes while we waited for everything to stop. Then we came out here to assess what happened.”
His car window was hit by a bullet and shattered. But he said he knows things could have been much worse. He said he heard a lot of gunshots.
"Don't know any other way to describe it. It's a very distinct and unforgettable sound. It sounded like there were definitely multiple handguns involved," he said. "It's not the easiest situation to deal with."
These are developing situations. More information will be added as it is confirmed.