1 dead after officer-involved shooting at St. Louis Lambert International Airport: Police

ABC news ^ | 11/21/25 | Megan Forrester

[DallasBiff]

One person is dead after an officer-involved shooting at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Missouri early Friday morning, according to local police.

At approximately 1:05 a.m. on Friday, police officers at the airport were conducting "routine security checks" in Terminal 1 when they "encountered an adult male with a knife," officials said.

The suspect "refused to drop the weapon" and was then tased by one police officer, officials said.

When the suspect continued to advance toward officers, a second police officer "fired his service weapon, striking the male subject," officials said.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.

[DallasBiff]

FAFO.

[The Louiswu]

"fired his service weapon, striking the male subject,"

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One time, seven times...just curious.

[No name given]

Indeed.

[Mark17]

Suicide by cop???

[unixfox]

So he was able to get through security with a knife. TSA is doing a great job.

/SPIT

[Racketeer]

No wonder they quit making shows like “Gunsmoke”. I had a friend, he had his mental issues but had not EVER hurt a soul, shot and killed by police at a distance of 54’ and all he had was a butter knife. They shot him 11 times.

How do they live with themselves while media says nothing.

[Ex-Con777]

It’s good TSA spotted his nail clippers. He could have clipped the cop’s nails down to the quick.

EC

[hanamizu]

So he was able to get through security with a knife.

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You can get into the airport with anything, although I believe you can be subject to a search if you look suspicious. Didn’t see in the story that he was in a TSA secured area. Lambert is pretty much shut down at 1 am so anyone looking scruffy at that time is likely to draw attention.

[null and void]

How do they live with themselves while media says nothing.

You are assuming they passed their pre-employment psych evaluation and are not sociopaths.

According to Dr. Calarisa Cole, fully half the people she flat-out failed were hired anyway.

[dfwgator]

[Ditto]

So he was able to get through security with a knife. TSA is doing a great job.

How do you know he got through security? The article does not say we’re in the airport this happened.

[wafflehouse]

zombie?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

TSA is NOT responsible for areas outside the screening checkpoints. TSA’s jurisdiction begins at the security checkpoints inside the terminal and covers sterile areas (post-screening concourses, gates, etc.). Outside the terminal area, the primary responsibility is with local airport police or the airport authority’s own law enforcement/public safety department.

[unixfox]

Maybe he wasn't in a secure area, however...

At approximately 1:05 a.m. on Friday, police officers at the airport were conducting "routine security checks" in Terminal 1

[EandH Dad]

Again the ol’ knife to a gunfight. One of these days it might work but not today.

[Racketeer]

Sometimes I feel most are the ones that were bullied in elementary and high school. Now they have a gun.

When I say most, I am only talking about the trigger happy!!