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St. Louis..WTF?

Discussion in 'Talk, Talk (off topic)' started by cd4th, Oct 9, 2014.

cd4th Shoot first, shoot again

Another person shot and killed by an off-duty officer. I realize that there is probably a LOT of criminal element in some of these areas, but what the hell is going on around there?? And when are they going to stop calling them protesters and call them by what they are...instigating rioters.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/10/09/police-say-off-duty-st-louis-cop-shot-teen-who-opened-fire-on-him/

Police say off-duty St. Louis cop shot teen who opened fire on him
Published October 09, 2014

Protesters gathered in a St. Louis neighborhood late Wednesday after an off-duty police officer fatally shot an 18-year-old black man whom police say opened fire on the officer during a foot pursuit.

St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson, said the officer, a 6-year veteran of the force, was working for a private security company when he approached three men on the street.

"As he exited the car, the gentlemen took off running. He was able to follow one of them before he lost him and then found him again as the guy jumped out of some bushes across the street," Lt. Col. Alfred Adkins said. "The officer approached, they got into a struggle, they ended up into a gangway, at which time the young man pulled a weapon and shots were fired. The officer returned fire and unfortunately the young man was killed."

The way that one of the men ran -- grabbing at his waistband, slightly lopsided -- indicated that he was carrying a weapon, so the officer chased him, Dotson said.

Ballistic evidence recovered from the scene indicates that the man fired three rounds at the officer before his weapon jammed, Dotson said, adding that the gun was also recovered.

The officer fired 17 shots, Dotson said. He said he didn't know how many of those shots hit the suspect or why the officer fired that many shots.

"An investigation will decide if the officer's behavior was appropriate," he said at police headquarters.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that people claiming to be relatives of the victim identified him as 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. One woman, who claimed to be the victim's cousin, told the paper that the officer had mistaken a sandwich for a gun.

Adkins said the officer wasn't hurt, but did not describe any conversation between the officer and the three pedestrians.

Hours after the shooting, a crowd gathered at the scene. Some people shouted "Hands up, don't shoot" in reference to the fatal shooting in August of an unarmed black man, Michael Brown, by a white police officer. That shooting in Ferguson led to weeks of sometimes violent unrest in the St. Louis suburb. Officer Darren Wilson has not been charged in the shooting.

KTVI reported that some protesters were seen hitting police vehicles and shots were heard in the area. The station also reported that police largely backed off to give the protesters space.

No demonstrators were arrested and by 1 a.m. Thursday the crowd had largely dispersed.
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