ST. LOUIS — The man accused of killing a teacher and teen earlier this week in a south St. Louis school shooting bought the AR-15-style gun from a private seller after an FBI background check blocked his attempted purchase from a licensed dealer in St. Charles.
No existing law would have prevented the private sale of the gun to Orlando Harris, 19, police said.
Harris is accused of a shooting Monday at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School and Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience that left two dead and seven injured. Police said he entered the campus, at Kingshighway and Arsenal Street, with about 600 rounds of ammunition. Harris was killed by police after the attack.
