Vonderrick Myers shooting: Off-duty St Louis police officer kills black teenager sparking new 'Hands Up Don't Shoot' Ferguson-style protests

by Guest Thu Oct 09, 2014 5:43 pm

An off-duty police officer in St Louis has shot and killed a black teenager, prompting a repeat of the Ferguson protests that followed the death of Michael Brown two months ago today.
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Police in the already conflict-ridden county of Missouri said that the officer involved was wearing his uniform but working a second job as a security guard when the incident occurred late on Wednesday night.

The officer, who is 32 years old and white, was unharmed in the incident.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/vonderrick-myers-shooting-offduty-st-louis-police-officer-kills-black-teenager-sparking-new-hands-up-dont-shoot-fergusonstyle-protests-9783588.html

by Tommy Monk Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:44 pm

From the article.....

[But] a spokesperson for St Louis Police, Colonel Alfred Adkins, said the officer - who has not been named - approached Myers and three other men in the street and only "returned fire" after he was shot at himself.

"As [the officer] 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," 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."

by Guest Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:04 pm

Be interesting to see what the truth is behind this and will await the evidence.

by veya_victaous Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:17 am

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