Boy, 14, Becomes City's 40th Homicide Victim in Friday Robbery
Categories: The Big Bloody (Homicides)
Michael Goulbourne, an eighth grader at Normandy Middle School, became the city's 40th murder victim Friday night when thieves held up a food stand in north St. Louis.
Goulbourne was working at the Mi Hungry barbecue stand in the 1200 block of N. Kingshighway Friday around 8 p.m. when a blue, late-1980s or early-1990s Pontiac pulled up and four men exited the car to demand money.
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Police report that the group robbed Gilbourne -- and a 50-year-old co-worker -- of cash and jewelry before shooting them. Gilbourne died at the scene. The older, coworker was shot in the hand and is in stable condition.
Goulbourne was working at the Mi Hungry barbecue stand in the 1200 block of N. Kingshighway Friday around 8 p.m. when a blue, late-1980s or early-1990s Pontiac pulled up and four men exited the car to demand money.
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Police report that the group robbed Gilbourne -- and a 50-year-old co-worker -- of cash and jewelry before shooting them. Gilbourne died at the scene. The older, coworker was shot in the hand and is in stable condition.
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