ST. LOUIS Police say a man was fatally shot Tuesday night in St. Louis.
Harrol Berry, 23, was found shot to death about 10:15 p.m. in the 4700 block of Vernon Avenue, police said.
Berry, who lived in the 5200 block of Helen Avenue in Jennings, was found shot multiple times, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses told police they heard gunfire and found Berry's body.
Police had no further details on the killing.
Berry's death is at least the city's 135th homicide of the year.
In all of 2013, the city had 120 homicides. In 2012, there were 113. The last time St. Louis saw this many homicides was in 2010, when there were 144 homicides, according to statistics on the St. Louis Police Department's website.
Editor's note: an earlier version of this story had the wrong first name, date, and address of victim, as provided by police.
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