Man found shot dead in fast food lot in north St. Louis

ST. LOUIS – A fast food restaurant parking lot turns into a crime scene overnight in north St. Louis after a man is found shot and killed inside a car Wednesday morning.

St. Louis Metropolitan Police say they received a call a little after 1:45 a.m. Wednesday for a shooting that happened at White Castle on the 2000 block of Hebert in the Old North St. Louis neighborhood, just off North Florissant Avenue.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found an adult male in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle, shot in the lot of the fast food restaurant.

Authorities say the man had been shot in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

It is reported that the shooting appeared to have happened inside the vehicle.

At this point, police are only saying that the man who was shot and killed was an adult male.

There are no suspects in the murder. The investigation is still ongoing. At this point, it’s unclear what may have led to the violence.

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