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Man found fatally shot near St. Louis park, hours after anti-violence march ended there
A man was found fatally shot near a St. Louis park Saturday night, hours after a "Stop the Violence" march ended at the park.
The man was found shot in the head and torso at 21st Street and St. Louis Avenue, near Rauschenbach Park, shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Earlier in the day, several hundred people marched from Fairgrounds Park to Rauschenbach Park ito draw attention to killings throughout the city and call for an end to the violence. Family members of murder victims were among those who marched.
The death of the man found Saturday night is at least the 127th homicide in St. Louis this year. There were 159 in all of 2014.
Authorities asked anyone with information about the fatal shooting to call CrimeStoppers at 866-371-8477.
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