UPDATE: WITNESSES SAY HE WAS NOT ARMED
http://aattp.org/off-duty-saint-louis-cop-shoots-and-kills-black-teen-armed-with-a-deadly-sandwich/
seems the officers story changed somewhat from a chase to a car chase looking kinda Fergusonie.
The fatal shooting of an 18-year-old black man in south St. Louis by an off-duty police officer sparked a night of unrest in a city still reeling from the August slaying of an unarmed man in nearby Ferguson.
Wednesday's shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. in the city's Shaw Neighborhood, and involved an officer working a department-approved secondary job for a private security company, Police Chief Sam Dotson said at an early-morning news conference.
The officer approached a group of men. One of the men took off running, Dotson said, so the officer pursued. Dotson said the suspect approached the officer in an "aggressive" manner, with a physical altercation occurring. The man then turned and fired three rounds at the officer before his gun jammed, Dotson said. The officer, who was not injured, returned fire, shooting 17 times and fatally wounding the man, Dotson said.
A gun was recovered at the scene. The officer was placed on administrative leave, as per department policy, police said. Police have not identified the officer or the man he killed.
The incident comes nearly two months to the day after the police shooting of Michael Brown, 18, in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, located about 20 miles away. Brown's shooting sparked weeks of protests and spawned national discourse about police use of force.
Some of the people protesting recently in Ferguson were seen in St. Louis after Wednesday's shooting, Dotson said.
“Tensions in the region are very high,” Dotson said. “Any police officer use of force certainly will draw attention.”I don't know whether this is true as to the motive for 17 shots fired, the recovery of a gun is expected even if the victim had none the cops have plenty of time to set the table and another cop gets a paid vacation are they killing just to get that vacation. the same scenario is created for each killing the victim attempted to run but approached the officer in an "AGGRESSIVE MANNER" how does that happen and if he approached a group and one ran why would he leave the group and pursue the runner especially being off duty? why run if you intend to confront why not do it there where he had other men to watch his back also why shoot on the run then stop and aggressively approach if your gun jammed knowing the other guy is strapped??
