Attempted Cop-Killer Dies in Shootout with St. Louis Police

By Bob Owens

The suspect in the attempted assassination of a St. Louis police officer last night was shot and killed during a gunfight as he attempted to escape from undercover officers who had tracked him down.

A man being sought as a suspect in the shooting of a St. Louis police officer Sunday night was shot and killed in a shootout with police early Monday.

Undercover officers had found the suspect’s car abandoned at a parking garage at Laclede’s Landing, police said. A woman had picked him up there and officers tracked their vehicle to the intersection of Smiley and Leola avenues in St. Louis. The suspect, about 19 years old, apparently realized he was being followed, jumped out of the car and fired a shot at the officers, striking the windshield of their pickup truck.

The suspect ran and officers pursued. He was killed in front of a house about 100 yards up the street, police said, about 12:45 a.m.

The suspect’s identity was not immediately released. The woman was in custody.

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Source:: Bearing Arms