A police-involved shooting in St. Louis, Mo., that left one suspect dead Wednesday afternoon has led to ongoing protests in the streets and violent clashes with law enforcement.
Rob Edwards of KSDK News in St. Louis has the account of the shooting earlier today as issued by the police.
JUST IN: St. Louis police release new information on today's deadly, officer-involved shooting. @ksdknews pic.twitter.com/PdeLW3eTCh
— Rob Edwards (@RobertDEdwards) August 19, 2015
St. Louis police shoot and kill suspect who allegedly pointed gun at officers. http://t.co/Bms3yjQm5A.
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 19, 2015
Police shot and killed a suspect in St. Louis on Wednesday, after the suspect allegedly pointed a gun at officers.
St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said that two young men ran out of the back of a house when authorities arrived to execute a search warrant.
“Officers in the rear alley ordered them to stop and to drop the gun. As they ran, one of the individuals turned and pointed the gun at the officers. There were two officers in the alley. Both officers fired,” the chief told reporters.
The suspect who allegedly pointed a gun at officers was struck, and pronounced dead at the scene.
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Officers recovered a total of four guns, including one inside the home, two that were tossed over a fence as the suspects were running, and the weapon that the suspect had, according to Dotson. They also recovered some amount of crack cocaine.
NEW: The man shot and killed by St. Louis Police today has been identified as 18-year-old Mansur Ball-Bey. @ksdknews
— Rob Edwards (@RobertDEdwards) August 19, 2015
MORE: St. Louis police say three protesters were arrested for "impeding the flow of traffic" at the officer-involved shooting scene.
— Rob Edwards (@RobertDEdwards) August 19, 2015
It didn’t take long for a crowd to form at the site of the shooting. [Language warning]
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 19, 2015
Wqterbottles thrown. pic.twitter.com/1ipRsV5D3b
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 19, 2015
Police threaten "disbursement of chemical munitions." This. is. unnecessary. How we got here in 1st place. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/AAiV8MehHr
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) August 19, 2015
This your 4th warning to disburse. #Ferguson crowd chants: "Y'all Disburse" pic.twitter.com/zrSMuA3y2h
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) August 19, 2015
Man arbitrarily arrested. He. did. Absolutely. Nothing. Period. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/g0q3kwUcyT
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) August 19, 2015
"Bet you would NEVER do this in a white community!" STL Shooting #ferguson pic.twitter.com/JWYhHN9M6n
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) August 19, 2015
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/634155765205348352
Protest March continues on Kingshighway pic.twitter.com/FKbzVotkGM
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 19, 2015
More bottles pic.twitter.com/Vz6soTRMYb
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 20, 2015
Police Advance on Protesters. STL City March #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/YHzMZ68OYm
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) August 20, 2015
Counted about 55 cops in line with more in back STL City March #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/PT9Xzq1VzC
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) August 20, 2015
Hit with some shell of some type pic.twitter.com/7udPc29VOy
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 20, 2015
There will be no peace. STL Shooting #ferguson pic.twitter.com/ib44kSdF5M
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) August 19, 2015
This march just moved into the white section. Wake Up White America! STL Shooting #ferguson pic.twitter.com/dcrybFWlot
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) August 19, 2015
"fists Up, Fight Back!" Louis City, Central West End.STL Shooting #ferguson pic.twitter.com/ze3x0TX5bA
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) August 19, 2015
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 20, 2015
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/634158979157856256
https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/634159542129954816
Police continue to advance beating sticks on the ground pic.twitter.com/nP4TWgztRx
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 20, 2015
It looks like this is going to go on for quite a while.
Okay all. This is what young leaders in @LostVoices14 found. If this is what burned this must be outlawed #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/hnC5LRPPk9
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) August 20, 2015
More canisters found. Not sure what it is. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/HXqQYx7RhG
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) August 20, 2015
Also this one. So that is about 5 different types of canisters recovered along with rubber bullets #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/kVZ9SHGbDQ
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) August 20, 2015
Curtesy of Federal Laboratories, CS gas the just doused the hood #ferguson #ManMan #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/b1VZji1CV0
— Sarah Coffey (@scribblscribbl) August 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/634162801800540160
Been watching a car burn in STL on @MissJupiter1957 livestream for almost 10 minutes now in a residential area. No fire truck. #STL
— Chryl Laird (@chryllaird) August 20, 2015
Car on Fire. Fire dept. Will not come back w/o a police escort. pic.twitter.com/P21DZi2CAj
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 20, 2015
Car on fire on WALTON pic.twitter.com/kgNQaDE14s
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 20, 2015
Fire on Page at Walton pic.twitter.com/x1qhnTKiIp
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 20, 2015
White ppl out here burning shit…as usual
— Dr. Cornel Fresh (@WyzeChef) August 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/theonlybacchus/status/634196693215383552
Another fire. Intersection of Page and Walton. Looks like a mattress. pic.twitter.com/OrU30RcoB9
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 20, 2015
.@STLFireDept en route. Parents pulled kids from home near fire. One elderly man won't leave. Smoke getting thick. pic.twitter.com/KXtBmwRBel
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 20, 2015
Neighbors say some youth threw bricks at the fire truck that came earlier.
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 20, 2015
That's smoke from the fire getting extinguished. pic.twitter.com/vQsmVpbcYr
— Jack Witthaus (@JackWitthaus) August 20, 2015
Pretty quiet now. Fires are out on Page. #stl
— Lilly Ana Fowler (@LillyAFowler) August 20, 2015
St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson held a press conference just before 11 p.m. Eastern.
.@ChiefSLMPD says @SLMPD Officers were in the neighborhood today in response to violence in the area.
— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) August 20, 2015
.@ChiefSLMPD: Three of the four weapons recovered from today's Officer Involved Shooting were reported stolen.
— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) August 20, 2015
.@ChiefSLMPD: Nine arrests were made today in response to the civil unrest after the Officer Involved Shooting.
— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) August 20, 2015
.@ChiefSLMPD: At the end of tonight's event, protestors set a vehicle parked on the street on fire.
— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) August 20, 2015
Let’s hope that’s the end of tonight’s “event.”
.@ChiefSLMPD: Officers will remain vigilant to keep the #STL safe each day.
— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) August 20, 2015
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets. Also, the excerpt was corrected to read “pointed a gun at” rather than “shot at.”
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