St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  St. Louis’ murder count continues to climb after two separate shootings.

Police say two men were found shot to death in an alley on Burd Avenue at just before 7:30 p.m. Thursday.  A couple of hours later, another man was shot to death in south St. Louis on Bingham Avenue.

There’s no word of any arrests in either of the cases. The names of the victims haven’t been released.

This brings the city’s murder count to at least 77 for the year.