ST. LOUIS • An 11-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to the leg Friday night near the intersection of 9th and O'Fallon streets in the Columbus Square neighborhood, just north of downtown.

Police say they were flagged down by people inside a vehicle who were driving the boy to a hospital at about 9:30 p.m.

Police said the boy told officers that he was standing outside and suddenly heard and felt the shot to his leg but didn't know where it had come from.

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