Posted on 11/21/2025 10:15:51 AM PST by V_TWIN
A knife-wielding suspect was shot and killed Friday morning at St. Louis Lambert International Airport after refusing orders to drop his weapon, police said.
The officer-involved shooting happened around 1:05 a.m. local time as "STL Airport Police officers were conducting routine security checks in Terminal 1" and "encountered an adult male with a knife," according to St. Louis County Police.
"The suspect refused to drop the weapon and was tased by one police officer. The suspect continued to advance towards officers, and a second police officer fired his service weapon, striking the male suspect," police added. "He was pronounced deceased on scene."
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Do you have to BE a raving lunatic to get in an airplane nowadays?
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Even at airports nothing good happens after midnight.
Like "Hogan's Heroes", only starring violent akata buffoons that only a sanctimonious Lefty pearl-clutcher like Fury could love.
In Before Indiana Jones
Sounds like he choose poorly.
Well, you’d have to be to get “on” one. Ha ha
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Airport Police officers were conducting routine security checks in Terminal 1” and “encountered an adult male with a knife,” according to St. Louis County Police.
“The suspect refused to drop the weapon and was tased by one police officer.
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could the suspect speak english?
“Never bring ...”
What in the world did he think he was going to accomplish?
Funny thing about guys with knives and police telling them to drop it. They almost always choose to escalate and get shot.
Did he utter something about a snackbar?
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