High school hockey star killed by stray bullet on highway as dad drove him home from game

Hockey prima Colin Brown, 16, was sat successful the rider spot of his begetter Calvin’s car connected a engaged road successful Missouri - erstwhile helium was deed by the stray slug that killed him

A teenage hockey star has died aft being struck by a stray slug whilst his dada drove him location from a game.

Colin Brown, 16, was sat successful the rider spot of his begetter Calvin’s car arsenic the brace drove done a engaged road successful South St. Louis, Missouri, astatine astir 10:30pm connected Saturday. Colin, a Missouri high schoolhouse pupil and hockey player, was rushed to the hospital in a captious information but tragically succumbed to his injuries connected Wednesday afternoon.

St. Louis Metro Police Department Director of Public Affairs Mitch McCoy said: “Colin — a beloved and talented hockey subordinate — passed distant but not earlier giving the eventual acquisition of life. Colin’s organs were donated to different patients who were successful hopeless need. This donation is an illustration of the benignant of young antheral Colin was and the benignant of household helium grew up in.”

Colin was a pupil of 1 of Missouri’s astir elite hockey high schoolhouse programs, CBCHS, and was 7 games into the season. Before their crippled Wednesday night, NHL St. Louis Blues coaching unit wore “72 Strong” pins successful honour of Colin's azygous number.

CBCHS said successful a statement: “He was a talented and dedicated pupil who was enrolled successful Honors courses, and helium was a invaluable subordinate of our CBC Varsity Hockey team.”

On the nighttime helium died, constabulary received aggregate reports from onlookers and locals implicit shots fired, and judge determination was a gunfight whilst the Browns were driving successful the other direction, according to Fox 2. “This benignant of unit is not going to beryllium tolerated by us,” Director of Public Affairs Mitch McCoy said.

“We privation radical to consciousness harmless driving connected the interstate and the metropolis of St. Louis. “To person a 16-year-old lad who conscionable near a hockey crippled get changeable is incredibly rare. You don’t perceive astir cases of guiltless bystanders being deed by stray bullets here. When those acts of unit occur, we volition enactment the full value of this constabulary section into uncovering who did it to marque definite they are held accountable.”

Dad Calvin Brown thanked the St. Louis Police and Illinois State Police for “their continued efforts successful apprehending the perpetrator(s) of this senseless transgression against our beloved son, Colin” but added that officials should marque “greater efforts” to enactment officers.

“As a household and arsenic a erstwhile instrumentality enforcement authoritative with implicit 28 years of experience, we judge that greater efforts are needed successful the City of St. Louis and the surrounding portion to enactment the constabulary and equip them with the indispensable tools to combat specified senseless, convulsive weapon crimes,” helium said connected Sunday.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones said: “The decease of Colin Brown is devastating quality for our full community. We were each praying for a occurrence and are present overwhelmed with grief, sadness, and choler that this guiltless teenager’s beingness has been taken. As the parent of a teenage son, I grieve with each who knew and loved this man.”