UPDATE, 5:50 p.m. – Police say 3-year-old Blase Crockett and 2-year-old Rycker Crockett have been found and are safe. They are still looking for 35-year-old Diata Crockett.
Earlier story:
St. Louis police are looking for a man believed to have shot his 8-month-old son to death this afternoon, and who is thought to have his two other young sons with him.
Blase (left) and Rycker (right) Crockett
Police say the baby’s mother got out of a car and was holding the baby when Diata Crockett fired a shot that hit the baby. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the baby later died at a hospital.
Authorities are looking for Crockett’s black Hyundai Sonata with Illinois license V446952. Crockett was last seen wearing a lime green shirt and green pants.
Diata Crockett
He is believed to have his 3-year-old son Blase and 2-year-old son Rycker with him.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the St. Louis Police Department at (314) 231-1212.
