Charges filed in June downtown shooting that killed 1, wounded 5

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ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis man appeared in court earlier this week and was ordered to remain jailed until trial for a fatal downtown shooting in June.

According to a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department spokesman, the shooting occurred around 2:30 a.m. on June 23, at 10th and Market streets along the edge of the Citygarden sculpture park.

Police said District 4 officers were already on a call downtown when they heard gunfire and responded. When police arrived, they found several people who had been shot. Other shooting victims then began arriving at the hospital.

One victim, a man in his 20s, died of his wounds. Five other victims survived.

At the time, homicide detectives believed a fight broke out among a group of girls, which escalated when others got involved, resulting in gunfire.