A 10-year-old boy in St. Louis, Missouri, faces a first-degree murder charge after a seven-month-old baby is reported to have been shot and killed at a home. Police and other authorities respond to the residence and find the infant, identified in reports as Kiyomi Pawnell-Parker (also spelled as Kiyomi Parker in one account), suffering from a gunshot wound. Reporting from multiple outlets says the child suspect accessed a firearm that was stored inside the home beneath a mattress. Because of the suspect’s age, he is not publicly named in the accounts provided.
The sources agree on the core elements of the case: the age of the suspect, the age of the victim, the location in St. Louis, the fatal gunshot injury to the infant, and the allegation that the gun was found and used by the child after being concealed under a mattress. The reporting cited does not provide additional details about the investigation, court proceedings, or the firearm’s ownership beyond where it was located.
