Kim Bell

Samantha Washington, left, was killed in March 2022 when a motorist fleeing police hit the car Washington was riding in. Arrieon Watson, right, was convicted in the death.

The man they shot, Je'von Henderson, survived after being hit seven times, including in the abdomen, leg and shoulder. Surgeons removed one of his lungs after a bullet punctured it.

CLAYTON — Last year, the St. Louis County Police Department saw a surge in one of its most sensitive and least-understood statistics — use of force.

The 19-year-old victim was found shot next to a vehicle in the 5600 block of Enright Avenue.

ST. LOUIS — Prosecutors charged a second man Wednesday with murder in the death of teen hockey player Colin Brown, who was fatally shot while riding with his father on Interstate 55.

OVERLAND — A man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of shooting his father to death in their Overland home.

The father was found dead at a home on Baxter Heights Court. Authorities have not released the victim's name or said how he died.

Police and medics tried to resuscitate the infant, 7-week-old Ty'Ann Paisley Curtner, but she was pronounced dead after arriving at a hospital Aug. 19. Her parents, a grandmother and uncle

The father was found dead at a home on Baxter Heights Court. Authorities have not released the victim's name or said how he died.

A Post-Dispatch analysis shows that the number of incidents where police used any kind of force, from physical restraint to firearms, has been rising since the pandemic. But it's complicated.c