Next on today in St. Louis,
Police have identified the body of a
man shot and killed West of downtown.
Why they still need your help,
plus keeping youth engaged. How local
community leaders are coming
together to help keep our youth
off the streets and more involved. And
we are in a weather first
weather alert for today.
Storms coming in and extreme
heat what you can expect.
This is today in St.
Louis focused on you.
Good morning, St. Louis.
We're waking up with a
live look over downtown at
the lovely Gateway Arch.
Isn't she lovely?
We are in a weather alert this morning as
we anticipate some extreme
heat and isolated storms throughout
the bi state this weekend.
Thanks so much for joining us.
I'm Travis Cummings.
It is Saturday, June 24th.
The lovely Tracy Henson is in
with us this morning and I'm glad
to hear cuz it is warming up,
but we got a lot to do
out there this weekend. We
have so much going on. We have pride.
We have that event in fluorescent,
so much going on. So
let's go over our weather
for the weekend here. Yes,
we are in a weather first weather
alert and that is due to some storms
that will come in today powered
by that heating of the day we could have.
Have a few severe storms
break out on the radar.
Right now things are nice and quiet.
We don't have to worry about much so far,
but by the time we get into
the late evening hours,
that view will be quite different.
All right, temperature wise,
this morning it is 75 degree 75.
Yes, it is warm out there.
It is only 6:00 o'clock in the morning
and it is already what I like to
see as a daytime high temperature.
But. Humidity is at 51%.
It will of course pick up a little bit.
Winds are nice and calm now
through the rest of our day.
Today we are mostly dry today.
It's tonight that we're
going to deal with storms.
Temperatures will make it up into
the mid 90s and it'll of course feel
warmer than that with that dreaded
humidity out there for tonight.
Strong storms will come in 72 degrees.
Winds will be on the South at 10 mph.
A personal fan, You're going to need it.
Well, if you're heading out this weekend,
remember you can get the forecast
sent to your phone anytime.
Just text the word weather to
3144255355. Saint Louis Police are
still asking for your help with
information involving A homicide.
It happened just West of downtown
Thursday morning on Bartmer,
just a few blocks away from Kipp Academy.
That's where they found
21 year old Levi Henning,
shot in the head and upper torso.
He died at the scene.
No word on what led up to the
shooting or any suspects.
At this time, police are asking anyone
with information to call Crime Stoppers.
That number is 866371.
TIPS and you will remain anonymous.
This morning Saint Louis Police need
your help to locate and identify
the teens shown in this picture.
They are wanted for questioning in
last weekend's shooting that left one
teen dead and eleven others hurt.
You can see they are all holding guns
and that image may come as a shock to
many in the area given their young ages,
but for those who work with
at risk youth every day,
it only reinforces the need
for continued intervention.
Stopping Your Side's Brent Solomon
interviewed community leaders and
businesses owners who are searching for
solutions to better engage our youth
teenagers running for their
lives following last weekend's
deadly mass shooting downtown.
As if these images weren't enough Friday,
this crystal clear image of boys
toting guns coming to light because
police want to question them when
you have music that reinforces.
Crime and violence.
And then you look outside your
front door and then you go to
school and your friends are all up.
There are all a part of that mentality.
We've got to be more sophisticated.
James Clark with the Urban League of
Metro Saint Louis is on a mission to
engage with at risk youth as early as 14.
Call them twice a day.
Visit them at least once or twice a week.
Do an activity with them
at least once a week. The
program is called Reroute 10.
Young men currently enrolled in
the program. That's in its second
year of making a difference.
None of them have have reoffended.
Meantime, city recreation centers
are playing a part, too.
As a result of last week's tragedy,
the mayor has extended hours
to keep kids off the street.
You come here a lot or what? Every day,
12 year old Mikhail Smith tells me.
He gets real life advice from coaches
here and has an opportunity to be a
role model to boys younger than him.
You know, I think what the mayor
is trying to do with recreational
centers is good. It will help.
Some young people get there,
but not all. It's
why the community is coming together
to create change. But
we've got to be there for them right
now before they break something
that we're not able to fix.
What if this wreck was not here?
What if they didn't have it?
It just, it won't be.
It won't be nothing to do for you.
So this gives you something to do.
Well, it's time to party.
The annual celebration happening
in Florissant this weekend.
And temperatures today making it into
the mid 90s,
some dangerous heat for us,
what you can expect
through the rest of the day.