Posted on 10/09/2014 1:34:45 AM PDT by maggief
Update, from 1 a.m. media briefing:
St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said the officer was patrolling the neighborhood for a private firm at the time of the shooting. He confirmed that the victim was 18 years old.
Dotson said the officer was in a car when he saw three males and one of them started to run away but stopped. The officer did a U-turn and then all three ran. He drove through streets following them and then chased them on foot. He then got into a physical confrontation with one that escalated into gunfire.
The teenager had a gun and fired at least three shots at the officer, who returned fire, the chief said. The teenager attempted to fire more but his gun jammed, Dotson said.
The officer fired 17 times, he said. It is unclear how many times the teenager was shot.
Police recovered a 9mm Ruger, he said.
Dotson did not identify the 18-year-old but said he "was no stranger to law enforcement."
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Relatives who came to the scene, however, said the victim had been unarmed. They identified the victim as Vonderrit Myers Jr., 18
(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...
Myers was scheduled to stand trial in November for unlawful use of a weapon and resisting arrest. According to court documents, the incident happened June 27 in St. Louis. Myers was a passenger in a car involved in a high-speed car chase. The car crashed just after midnight in the 1100 block of South Grand Boulevard. Myers got out of the car, and a police officer yelled at him to stop. Instead, Myers ran off and tossed a gun into a sewage drain. Police caught him nearby. Police recovered the gun, a loaded .380-caliber pistol.
Myers was jailed for a few days. Then, in early July, Myers was released on bail after posting $1,000 cash bond. His bail originally was set at $30,000 but was dropped to $10,000 after a judge agreed it was excessive. She allowed Myers to post 10 percent of that in cash. As a condition of bail, Myers was supposed to be under house arrest and wear an electronic ankle monitor.
A private monitoring firm, Eastern Missouri Alternative Sentencing Services, Inc., was supposed to monitor Myers’ movements and contact the court if he violated the rules. Nothing in the court file indicates any violations.
Myers’ trial was set for Nov. 17.
If you're going to carry a little Ruger carry one that works.
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Christopher Hayes @chrislhayes · 10h 10 hours ago
@STLAbuBadu if they’re lying about the gun that is a *massive* scandal
OMG! =:O
Two down, 10,000 to go. WTG STL area cops.......
I just love Ruger sandwiches!!!!!
That’s what I was thinkin’.
Give ‘im a sammich and a roadmap to hell.
Well, I’ve heard of Lenny’s sandwiches, Sub Station sandwiches, even McDonald’s sandwiches, but never a Ruger sandwich.........................
He was holding a sandwich ... :o)
That’s really tragic!
LOL
DANGER DANGER....Run Away....Run Away
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