At this point it is becoming a broken record... another kid killed in St. Louis, Missouri.
An off-duty city officer fatally shot a teenager who opened fire on him Wednesday night, police said.
Relatives who came to the scene, however, said the victim had been unarmed. They identified the victim as Vonderrit Myers Jr., 18.
Police said the uniformed officer involved was working a secondary job for a private security company when he encountered four pedestrians in the 4100 block of Shaw Boulevard and stopped to talk with them at about 7:30 p.m.
The four fled and the officer chased one, Assistant Chief Alfred Adkins said.
The man the officer was chasing jumped from some bushes and struggled with the officer. The man then pulled a gun and fired at the officer, Adkins said. The officer returned fire and fatally shot the man.
The officer was 'off-duty' but they recovered a gun from the scene (
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The man the officer was chasing jumped from some bushes and struggled with the officer. The man then pulled a gun and fired at the officer, Adkins said. The officer returned fire and fatally shot the man.
The officer was not injured, and a gun was recovered from the scene, police said.
The officer fired 17 times, he said. It is unclear how many times the teenager was shot.
So a trained officer possibly confronted with an armed 17 year old needs 17 shots to bring him down? It is 'unclear' how many shots the teenager fired? Perhaps zero? Perhaps he was unarmed as witnesses say?
WTF Missouri? You are becoming the racist capital of the US. More evidence below the fold.
12:46 AM PT: Sorry, the kid was 18. I stated 17 at one point in the diary. Meaning still the same.