Police ID 12-Year-Old Boy Shot, Killed Tuesday
Demetri Phillips was a sixth grader at Brittany Woods Middle School.
2:30 p.m. Update: The School District of University city released the following statement about Demetri's personality. "Demetri had a really good sense of humor. He was creative and came up with stories full of adventure. He liked football. He had good manners and good class participation." Our original story: University City Police have identified the 12-year-old boy shot and killed Tuesday in University City as Demetri Phillips. See our previous story: Reports: 12 Year Old Shot, Killed Tuesday in U City Demetri was shot Tuesday evening by a 12-year-old friend at the home of the friend's grandfather, University City Police Deterctive Sgt. Fredrick Lemons II told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. According to a press release, Demetri suffered …
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Sierra tyler
10:17 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013
He was my cousin. We went to Brittany Woods. He was like my best friend. i never thought he would end up this way. He had such a good sense of humor. Me and my friends are all still crying. Im praying for.my.cousin to rip. Demetri i miss you so much. I will always love you. We could have went to the dance with our dates but it didnt happen. I will always love you so much cousin more ›