ST. LOUIS — St. Louis police are investigating after a 55-year-old woman was found shot Wednesday morning in the city's Dutchtown neighborhood.
According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, officers were called to the 4600 block of South Spring Avenue for a report of a shooting. Responding officers found a woman who had been shot.
An ambulance rushed her to the hospital, where she was listed in critical condition.
Police said in an afternoon update that the woman told them a man wearing a ski mask broke out the front window of her apartment and demanded money. As she ran from the living room, he shot at her, striking her in the pelvic area.
The man then ran off in an unknown direction, police said.
Photos from the scene at about 8:50 a.m. showed police tape blocking off an apartment building while officers investigated.
Police have not said what may have led up to the shooting.
This story will be updated when more information becomes available.
Resources for crime victims
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The Crime Victim Center of St. Louis has multiple programs to support victims of crime. Crime Victim Center’s programs range from direct services to crime victims as well as “creating awareness and change within the systems they encounter.”
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The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis has the Neighborhood Healing Network, which serves people who have experienced crime, violence or been the victim of an incident that caused trauma.
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