ST. LOUIS -- A 16-year-old has died after being hit by a stray bullet last weekend on a St. Louis highway. Colin Brown was hit Saturday night while being driven home in his father's car after playing a hockey game, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The high school junior died Wednesday in a hospital, police said.

A 16-year-old Missouri high school hockey player died Wednesday days after a stray bullet struck him on a busy highway while he was driving home from his game with his father.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department reports that Colin Brown, a teenage hockey player shot Saturday evening on Interstate 55, died Wednesday morning.

Colin Brown, a Christian Brothers High School junior, was hit Saturday night near Interstate 55 and Loughborough Avenue while on his way home from a hockey game in Affton.

Colin Brown was in critical condition for days after the shooting, but died from his injuries Wednesday morning.

Colin Brown, 16, has died days after being shot on Interstate 55 in St. Louis. Brown was shot while riding in a car with his dad after a hockey game at the Affton Ice Rink. The shooting happened around 10:30 p.