7-year-old shot while burglarizing St. Louis home with two other boys, police say

ST. LOUIS _ A 7-year-old boy was shot in the leg Tuesday night when a St. Louis resident caught the boy and two others burglarizing his home, police said.

The child was one of three boys who climbed through a window of the home on North 20th Street, police said.

A 12-year-old boy was struck in the wrist by a bullet fragment or debris, police said. The third boy, 12, was unhurt.