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Police: Gun taken away earlier was used in school shooting

Hundreds of attendees release balloons during a vigil outside Central Visual & Performing Arts and Collegiate School of Medicine & Bioscience High Schools on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, for the victims and survivors of a shooting at the school on Monday. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) "She was like a baby sister to me," said Kyla Williams, 17, a cousin to Alexzandria Bell, 15, who hugs Bell's older sister Katelynn Chatman, 19, during a vigil on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, outside Central Visual & Performing Arts and Collegiate School of Medicine & Bioscience High Schools on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, for the victims and survivors of a shooting at the school on Monday. Alexzandria Bell and 61-year-old teacher Jean Kuczka died in the shooting.(Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) Keisha Acres, mother of Alexzandria Bell, 15, embraces Barbara Edmonds, mother of Jean Kuczka, during a vigil outside Central Visual & Performing Arts and Collegiate School of Medicine & Bioscience High Schools on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, for the victims and survivors of a shooting at the school on Monday. Fifteen-year-old Alexzandria Bell and 61-year-old teacher Jean Kuczka died in the shooting. To the left of Acres is her mother Donna Acres, grandmother to Alexzandria. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) Messiah Miller, 16, center, a junior at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School, prays with his teacher Ray Parks, second from right, following a shooting at the school on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in the Southwest Garden neighborhood. "He looked at me, he pointed the gun at me," said Parks, a dance teacher, who came face to face with the gunman. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) Hundreds of attendees release balloons during a vigil outside Central Visual & Performing Arts and Collegiate School of Medicine & Bioscience High Schools on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, for the victims and survivors of a shooting at the school on Monday. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) "She was like a baby sister to me," said Kyla Williams, 17, a cousin to Alexzandria Bell, 15, who hugs Bell's older sister Katelynn Chatman, 19, during a vigil on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, outside Central Visual & Performing Arts and Collegiate School of Medicine & Bioscience High Schools on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, for the victims and survivors of a shooting at the school on Monday. Alexzandria Bell and 61-year-old teacher Jean Kuczka died in the shooting.(Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) Keisha Acres, mother of Alexzandria Bell, 15, embraces Barbara Edmonds, mother of Jean Kuczka, during a vigil outside Central Visual & Performing Arts and Collegiate School of Medicine & Bioscience High Schools on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, for the victims and survivors of a shooting at the school on Monday. Fifteen-year-old Alexzandria Bell and 61-year-old teacher Jean Kuczka died in the shooting. To the left of Acres is her mother Donna Acres, grandmother to Alexzandria. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) Messiah Miller, 16, center, a junior at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School, prays with his teacher Ray Parks, second from right, following a shooting at the school on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in the Southwest Garden neighborhood. "He looked at me, he pointed the gun at me," said Parks, a dance teacher, who came face to face with the gunman. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) This image provided by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department shows an AR-15-style rifle used by a 19-year-old gunman who killed a teacher and a 15-year-old girl at a St. Louis high school on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. The gunman was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and what appeared to be more than 600 rounds of ammunition, Police Commissioner Michael Sack said Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. (St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department via AP) This image provided by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department shows ammunition, magazines and a vest used by a 19-year-old gunman who killed a teacher and a 15-year-old girl at a St. Louis high school on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. The gunman was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and what appeared to be more than 600 rounds of ammunition, Police Commissioner Michael Sack said Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. (St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department via AP) A photo of Alexandria Bell rests at the scene of a growing floral memorial to the victims of a school shooting at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, in St. Louis. Bell and teacher Jean Kuczka were killed, along with the gunman, in Monday's shooting. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) Marie Crane, center, holds a candle during a vigil in Tower Grove Park for the victims of a school shooting at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School in St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) The outside of Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis, on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. A fatal shooting just after 9 a.m. at the high school forced students to barricade doors and huddle in classroom corners, jump from windows and run out of the building to seek safety. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis) People embrace in the Schnucks Arsenal parking lot following a shooting at Central Visual Performing Arts High School in St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (Jordan Opp/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) Messiah Miller, 16, center, a junior at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School, prays with his teacher Ray Parks, second from right, following a shooting at the school on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in the Southwest Garden neighborhood. "He looked at me, he pointed the gun at me," said Parks, a dance teacher, who came face to face with the gunman. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) Students stand in a parking lot near the Central Visual & Performing Arts High School after a reported shooting at the school in St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Police: Gun taken away earlier was used in school shooting