Powder Burns Will Tell The Truth In The Amonderez Green Shooting

By Bob Owens

Amonderez Green’s family called Normandy, Missouri police because the 18-year-old was suicidal and the family could not reason with him.

What happened after officers arrived is in dispute.

The version of events offered up by police is tragic, but relatively simple and straightforward.

…officers tried repeatedly to communicate with Green in the presence of his family members. Green continued to walk for some time, eventually removing a silver revolver from his waistband and starting to fire at the officers. One of the officers deployed a Taser on Green, and after that proved ineffective, the same officer fired his gun three times. The department said Green fired another shot while fleeing and that the officers briefly lost sight of him. Soon after, they heard one final shot.

The officers then found Green on the ground, “suffering from what appeared to be a self inflicted gunshot wound located under the chin,” according to the St. Louis County police statement.

Green was pronounced dead at 4:29 AM on Thursday, the department said. The statement added that “an autopsy is pending” but that an examination at the emergency room showed that Green’s “only wound was the self inflicted one.”

Hospital emergency room staff stated that Mr. Green was …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms