1-year-old girl, 23-year-old man, shot in St. Louis neighborhood

St. Louis police say a 1-year-old girl was shot in the head and 23-year-old man was shot in the chest in the city’s Fairground neighborhood.

The incident happened about 8:30 p.m. Friday. Police said the toddler’s condition was not known and the wounded man was “barely conscious but breathing.“

No other details were immediately available. The shooting is the latest in a surge of gun violence involving hundreds of children in St. Louis over the last several years.