ST. LOUIS — A 16-year-old high school hockey player died in the hospital Wednesday after he was hit by a stray bullet while driving his father’s car on Interstate 55 in south St. Louis over the weekend, police said with.

Colin Brown, a student at Christian Brothers College High School, was shot Saturday night near the intersection of I-55 and Loughborough Avenue as he walked home from a hockey game in Affton.

Police announced his death at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.

Mayor Tishaura O. Jones said she is praying for a miracle and is now overwhelmed with grief, sadness and anger that this innocent teenager’s life was taken.

“We will never get true justice for the loss of Colin’s life,” Jones said in a statement. “But I know that the great officers of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department will continue to do everything we can to find out who is responsible for this senseless and reckless act of violence and hold them accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”

Police said the shooting occurred in the southbound lanes, but Colin and his father were driving north. It is a “rare” situation for someone in the city to be hit by a stray bullet, said police spokesman Mitch McCoy.

Police would not say where Colin was hit.

They said Wednesday they had received “numerous” tips related to the shooting and recently obtained new video evidence.

“We cannot emphasize enough how important it is for residents in the I-55 and Loughborough area to check the surveillance cameras on their homes – which may have captured the shooting,” McCoy said.

McCoy said Wednesday that Colin’s family expressed their appreciation to law enforcement and the hockey community after his death and asked for privacy.

Colin donated his organs to other patients in need, showing “what kind of young man Colin was and what kind of family he grew up in,” McCoy said.

“Her unwavering commitment to those around her should inspire us all,” he said.