Three killed in St. Louis neighborhood

ST. LOUIS -- Police are investigating a triple shooting in a St. Louis neighborhood troubled with crime.

Police say three men were found shot to death around 2:45 a.m. Saturday inside a car on the north side of the city.

The victims were identified as 46-year-old Linnie Jackson Jr., 33-year-old Al Walters and 31-year-old Keith Burks.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports there have been three other homicides in the O'Fallon neighborhood since January. Last year, there were a total of seven killings in that section of the city.