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Retired police captain shot dead in front of looters
Posted on: June 2, 2020 at 09:43:23 CT
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ST. LOUIS — A retired police captain was shot to death by looters at a St. Louis pawn shop early Tuesday, according to a group that represents black St. Louis police officers in St. Louis. His killing apparently was broadcast on Facebook Live, says a state lawmaker anguished by what he saw.
The victim's name has not been released by police, who only confirmed a homicide in the same block as the pawn shop. It wasn't immediately clear if he was working security for the pawn shop.
The Ethical Society of Police, which represents black officers, said on social media Tuesday that the man gunned down at Lee's Pawn & Jewelry in the 4100 block of Martin Luther King Drive around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday was a retired captain. "He was the type of brother that would've given his life to save them if he had to," the organization said on Twitter.
"Violence is not the answer, whether it's a citizen or officer. RIP Captain!"
The killing happened on a night of violence and destruction in St. Louis.
St. Louis police officials have not disclosed details of the killing at the pawn shop. A spokeswoman for the Police Department, Evita Caldwell, said she couldn't confirm anything yet and was still gathering details.
A police source said the victim is a retired captain who retired in October 2007 from the St. Louis Police Department after 38 years on the job.
But several people on social media said they watched as a woman broadcast the looting on Facebook Live and showed the victim die. A member of the Ethical Society of Police said the group is aware of the broadcast.
One of those who saw the crime unfold on social media was Missouri State Rep. Rasheen Aldridge, D-St. Louis. He told the Post-Dispatch shortly after watching the broadcast that he was sickened by it.
"Very traumatized right now," he told a reporter. "I'm hurting."
Others were shaken as well.
"It’s one thing to be a victim of a robbery/assault but to lie in you own blood pleading for help and no help comes other than people standing around on FB Live recording his death," one viewer, Marquaello Futrell, wrote on Facebook. "All over social media. I’m upset and can’t sleep!"
I just seen a man die on live man! Smh.
Posted by Rasheen Lamont Aldridge on Tuesday, June 2, 2020
The post was taken down shortly after it was broadcast. A Facebook spokesman, Andy Stone, said he was trying to track down information about the alleged broadcast.
The victim's name has not been released by police, who only confirmed a homicide in the same block as the pawn shop. It wasn't immediately clear if he was working security for the pawn shop.
The Ethical Society of Police, which represents black officers, said on social media Tuesday that the man gunned down at Lee's Pawn & Jewelry in the 4100 block of Martin Luther King Drive around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday was a retired captain. "He was the type of brother that would've given his life to save them if he had to," the organization said on Twitter.
"Violence is not the answer, whether it's a citizen or officer. RIP Captain!"
The killing happened on a night of violence and destruction in St. Louis.
St. Louis police officials have not disclosed details of the killing at the pawn shop. A spokeswoman for the Police Department, Evita Caldwell, said she couldn't confirm anything yet and was still gathering details.
A police source said the victim is a retired captain who retired in October 2007 from the St. Louis Police Department after 38 years on the job.
But several people on social media said they watched as a woman broadcast the looting on Facebook Live and showed the victim die. A member of the Ethical Society of Police said the group is aware of the broadcast.
One of those who saw the crime unfold on social media was Missouri State Rep. Rasheen Aldridge, D-St. Louis. He told the Post-Dispatch shortly after watching the broadcast that he was sickened by it.
"Very traumatized right now," he told a reporter. "I'm hurting."
Others were shaken as well.
"It’s one thing to be a victim of a robbery/assault but to lie in you own blood pleading for help and no help comes other than people standing around on FB Live recording his death," one viewer, Marquaello Futrell, wrote on Facebook. "All over social media. I’m upset and can’t sleep!"
I just seen a man die on live man! Smh.
Posted by Rasheen Lamont Aldridge on Tuesday, June 2, 2020
The post was taken down shortly after it was broadcast. A Facebook spokesman, Andy Stone, said he was trying to track down information about the alleged broadcast.
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