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Police officer fatally shoots teenager in south St. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | October 9, 2014 | Fred Barbash

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 ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: stlouis; vonderritmyers; vonderrittmyers
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1 posted on 10/09/2014 1:34:45 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Vonderrick Myers. Story w lots of photos here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2786043/High-school-student-dead-shot-16-times-duty-police-officer-St-Louis-10-miles-Michael-Brown-killed.html


2 posted on 10/09/2014 1:38:59 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: BunnySlippers

“High school student”. Interesting term. Makes it sound like he was walking home from the after-school chess club. Rioting to begin in 3, 2, 1....


3 posted on 10/09/2014 1:49:12 AM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: maggief
They identified the victim as Vonderrit Myers Jr., 18...

Victim? Suspect. Perp.

4 posted on 10/09/2014 1:50:57 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: BunnySlippers

UNCONFIRMED:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/10/09/crowds-in-streets-of-st-louis-after-fatal-shooting-by-off-duty-police-officer/

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MYERS , VONDERRIT DEONDRE , Defendant represented by COHEN , PETER MICHAEL , Attorney for Defendant
4226 CASTLEMAN AVE
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63110

Year of Birth: 1996 2734 LAYFAYETTE
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63104

Description: Unlawful Use Of A Weapon (Subsections 1 - 4) { Felony D RSMo: 571.030 }
Date: 06/27/2014 Code: 3102000
OCN: CJ001706 Arresting Agency: ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN POLICE

Next Charge/Judgment
Description: Resisting/Interfering With Arrest, Detention Or Stop { Misdemeanor A RSMo: 575.150 }
Date: 06/27/2014 Code: 2704000
OCN: CJ001706

https://plus.google.com/+RT/posts/WBWqfkVq3UG

Comment:

Well, I guess he won’t be making it to his trial on the 17th of November for Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Resisting Arrest:

MYERS , VONDERRIT DEONDRE , Defendant represented by COHEN , PETER MICHAEL , Attorney for Defendant
4226 CASTLEMAN AVE
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63110

Year of Birth: 1996 2734 LAYFAYETTE
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63104

Description: Unlawful Use Of A Weapon (Subsections 1 - 4) { Felony D RSMo: 571.030 }
Date: 06/27/2014 Code: 3102000
OCN: CJ001706 Arresting Agency: ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN POLICE

Next Charge/Judgment
Description: Resisting/Interfering With Arrest, Detention Or Stop { Misdemeanor A RSMo: 575.150 }
Date: 06/27/2014 Code: 2704000
OCN: CJ001706


5 posted on 10/09/2014 1:53:19 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

livestream (2nd frame down): http://www.argusnewsnow.com/page/livestreams-from-ferguson/115.html

there were more cops than protestors. Swat truck rolled up a bit ago and then disappeared after giving order to disperse. Shortly after that ‘hat guy’ (loudmouth causacian) talked to a plainclothes, and the police said they will withdraw the line as long as the protest stays calm. Small mixed crowd continues random taunting as police vehicles withdraw from sight.


6 posted on 10/09/2014 1:53:35 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: 21twelve

Andy Banker @andybankertv

Suspect’s aunt cries: “they shot my Drew 16 times. All he had was a sandwich” ; fatal police shooting Klemm&Shaw So StL @FOX2now
8:56 PM - 8 Oct 2014


7 posted on 10/09/2014 1:58:31 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Good job!


8 posted on 10/09/2014 2:03:08 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: maggief
Good work!

"Well, I guess he won’t be making it to his trial on the 17th of November for Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Resisting Arrest"

That, right there, is golden.

I immediately wondered how they could possibly headline the  perp  "victim" as a Teenager and not an "Unarmed Teenager".

9 posted on 10/09/2014 2:28:39 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: maggief

Just a sammich? Dayam, son. You left the skittles and watermelon iced tea at the convenience store on the counter next to the box of Swisher Blunts.


10 posted on 10/09/2014 2:33:27 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: blueplum

mentioned on twitter (from 2009):
http://m.stltoday.com/news/cops-private-patrols-raise-questions-city-officers-with-hi-tech/article_cbd05c63-afe5-51eb-a32d-54ac2c6e0f2e.html?mobile_touch=true


11 posted on 10/09/2014 2:51:54 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: maggief

“Why’d you shoot him 16 times”?

“Ran out of ammo.”


12 posted on 10/09/2014 3:25:47 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Well the natives won’t like that for sure!


13 posted on 10/09/2014 3:41:35 AM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: maggief

There goes another wig shop!


14 posted on 10/09/2014 3:49:03 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: maggief
Suspect’s aunt cries: “they shot my Drew 16 times. All he had was a sandwich”

If he cared for his sandwich properly it might not have jammed after three rounds.

15 posted on 10/09/2014 3:54:33 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: maggief

Reason #234 for magazines with greater than 10 round capacity.


16 posted on 10/09/2014 3:55:48 AM PDT by Beagle8U (If illegal aliens are undocumented immigrants, then shoplifters are undocumented customers.)
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To: BunnySlippers

He killed the teen 16 times?


17 posted on 10/09/2014 4:01:23 AM PDT by Old Yeller (D.A.M.N. - Deport All Muslims Now! Starting in the White House.)
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To: maggief

He was only shooting at the officer.....clearly a case of the police jumping to a false conclusion and over reacting because the child was black.


18 posted on 10/09/2014 4:06:10 AM PDT by ontap
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To: ontap

I couldn’t imagine policing these urban toilets; here in NJ they are either deserted or everything is nailed down, so the unassimilated bandits have to raid outside the frontiers of the welfare reservations. In the past couple of weeks we’ve had two justified police shootings (resulting in fatalities) north of me (in Lyndhurst & Paramus NJ), and there is no unrest because those areaas are civilized - the perps (one black, one Hispanic) weren’t “local”. Al $harpton would have to bus in the whole protest-on-wheels (instead of the usual tactic of piggybacking on the angry natives’ sentiment). The taxpaying residents and businesses wholeheartedly support their police in cleaning up the garbage.


19 posted on 10/09/2014 4:13:12 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: maggief

My WAG is that the “caring white liberals” who run the media will now not give a damn about black racist thugs and instead start worrying about Ebola. The far left white kooks are going to be off the reservation shouting “racist” but the more centrist ones (they have money) are going to start worrying that ebola is coming to their precious gated communities.


20 posted on 10/09/2014 4:18:07 AM PDT by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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