ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Police are investigating an early Friday morning fatal shooting that involved 38-year-old Mark Schlemmer of Collinsville. The shooting occurred after he left a bar and someone approached his vehicle and opened fire.

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Schlemmer died in the early morning of Saturday. The shooting occurred in the 700 block of North 15th Street near Washington.

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St. Louis Police say a 29-year-old man and 24-year-old woman were in the vehicle with him. Police said when he stopped at a stoplight someone opened fire on him.

Police asked anyone with information in the case to contact CrimeStoppers at https://www.slmpd.org/CrimeStoppers.shtml

A GoFundMe page has been established by his two daughters to cover funeral expenses at https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-schlemmer-family

A total of $19,380 has been raised already on the GoFundMe page of a $30,000 goal.

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