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Posted on: August 13, 2019 at 14:14:50 CT

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ST. LOUIS — At Clay Elementary School on Tuesday, students were greeted on the first day by their new teachers, a new principal and grief counselors.

Second-grader Xavier Usanga, 8, was fatally shot Monday outside his home near an 18-year-old who was also shot but survived.

In the Hyde Park neighborhood on Tuesday, neighbors came to the Usanga home to console family members. Police officers in cars and on foot were seen circling the 3500 block of north 14th Street.

Gracie Koenig, 20, lives across the street from the Usanga family and said she had babysat for Xavier. She liked to braid his hair and sneak him his favorite spicy potato chips.

Like other neighbors, Koenig said the block of vacant lots, homes and the Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church was mostly quiet.

"We're scared," Koenig said. "It was just kids in the yard."

Xavier’s death makes him the 11th area child killed in a shooting since June. About half of them attended St. Louis Public Schools, said Kelvin Adams, superintendent of the St. Louis Public School District.

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This is sad - Ace A - 8/13 14:14:50

RE: This is sad: Fine,. Ban guns in the ghetto, but leave - None**** MU - 8/13 15:46:42

Good thing dem leaders spend 24-7 caterwauling about - justwinbaby KC - 8/13 15:46:24

Guns are so awesome, all the good they do(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 8/13 14:53:02

And cars too. Don't forget cars.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 8/13 15:32:26

Blacks possessing handguns vs whites possessing AR-15s. - Emmanuel Goldstein - 8/13 15:14:36

Guns Suck Buddy Boy. white, black, chicano, Albino whatever(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 8/13 15:38:00

But why are Democrats only focusing on rifles that kill a - Emmanuel Goldstein - 8/13 15:41:11

I don't know about Dems - raskolnikov MU - 8/13 16:04:29

RE: Guns are so awesome, all the good they do(nm) - Frank Poncherello MU - 8/13 15:01:24

Red Chinese bearing down on Indiana? - raskolnikov MU - 8/13 15:03:43

RE: Red Chinese bearing down on Indiana? - Frank Poncherello MU - 8/13 15:07:09

NO NATION has our level of gun violence - raskolnikov MU - 8/13 15:39:13

RE: NO NATION has our level of gun violence - Frank Poncherello MU - 8/13 16:26:14

Except we are 30th in the world. People of color skew stats - Emmanuel Goldstein - 8/13 15:49:17

Rask admires totalitarianism like China. They get - Floyd Turbo 99 - 8/13 15:02:46

All of those homeless druggies would have a job - DollarSigns MU - 8/13 15:09:00

Taking a sledgehammer and making gravel out of - Floyd Turbo 99 - 8/13 15:10:23

Canadians shed their freedom too(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 8/13 15:04:39

And they come to the states for procedures. And they start - Floyd Turbo 99 - 8/13 15:05:54

US CITIZENS go to Mexico and Thailand at a greater rate boy(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 8/13 15:39:57

No Cheech, they don’t. Lay off the bong - Floyd Turbo 99 - 8/13 15:41:26

RE: Rask admires totalitarianism like China. They get - scan MU - 8/13 15:04:15

It was 2 drug dealers settling a score. Like when you and - Floyd Turbo 99 - 8/13 14:59:42

Not that it matters but he was 7.(nm) - Emmanuel Goldstein - 8/13 14:36:51

White supremacists or Trump's fault - mu7176grad MU - 8/13 14:20:29

RE: White supremacists or Trump's fault - Ace A - 8/13 14:23:16

That’s very sweet. But to make the city safer, you have to - hokie VT - 8/13 15:02:43

Why? The residents don't give a f**k. Why should anyone - Emmanuel Goldstein - 8/13 14:47:35

RE: Why? The residents don't give a f**k. Why should anyone - Ace A - 8/13 14:54:10

It's obvious when people do not come forward on crime - Emmanuel Goldstein - 8/13 14:56:09

RE: It's obvious when people do not come forward on crime - Ace A - 8/13 14:56:54

We -agree something needs to be done - mu7176grad MU - 8/13 14:32:49

Free Nest security systems - Mormad MU - 8/13 14:59:50

Hell I would give money to the city for that - mu7176grad MU - 8/13 15:36:00