Police shooting incidents in the St. Louis area during 2018
Some of the shootings killed the suspects; others caused injuries.
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Demario Bass, 29, died when a police officer shot him while Bass was trying to drive away in a stolen car, dragging the officer and injuring h…
The off-duty Velda City officer was not hurt when the driver, who had pulled over on I-70, nearly ran him over. St. Louis police, who are hand…
St. Louis County police officer shot and killed an armed man after a struggle at an apartment complex in north St. Louis County.
A police officer shot a suspect during a struggle over a gun inside an auto parts store, the St. Louis police chief said.
A plainclothes police officer confronted the 15-year-old at a St. Louis intersection and fired after the teen turned toward him with a gun in …
A St. Louis police recruit in training was hit by a stray bullet fired by an officer aiming at a dog during a “ride-along,†police said.Â
It is unknown if the vehicle was struck, police said.Â
The suspect reached toward his waistband as he ran away and an officer opened fire, striking the suspect in the abdomen, said the police chief…
Neither was hit in the shootout. A woman was shot in the leg, and the deputy came to her aid, then a gunman shot at the deputy, who fired back…
Officials said police are unsure whether the driver died from a self-inflicted wound or from police fire.
Police and a suspect exchanged gunfire, no one was hit; suspect was arrested, police said.
A confrontation between an off-duty officer and another patron outside a sports bar led to a shooting that injured them both, authorities say.…
County police officers, part of an FBI task force, shot a man in St. Louis after he pointed a gun at them as they attempted to serve a federal…
A would-be robber and one of his intended victims were injured after gunfire erupted at a home on South Jefferson Avenue, police said.
A 23-year-old man was shot by a St. Louis police officer after a foot pursuit in Uplands Park, authorities said.
As an off-duty officer arrested two suspected shoplifters, a hidden occupant of their van hit the officer as he drove away; the officer shot a…
An off-duty Velda City police officer shot and wounded a man armed with a knife who kicked in a door at a Tower Grove South bar, police said.
U.S. marshals shot and killed a man who came at them with a knife in an Alton home, police say.
The suspect was carrying an assault rifle as he ran at the end of a car chase. Police say the detective fired because the detective saw the ri…