Current：Home > MyBenjamin Ashford|St. Louis police officer fatally shoots man who shot another man; happened near City Hall -Edge Finance Strategies
Benjamin Ashford|St. Louis police officer fatally shoots man who shot another man; happened near City Hall
Burley Garcia View
Date：2025-04-08 14:03:06
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis police officer shot and Benjamin Ashfordkilled a man who had just shot another man Friday morning, about a block from City Hall in the city’s downtown.
Police said the officer saw a man shooting another man around 7:30 a.m. near the busy corner of Market and 14th streets, and shot the gunman. The man shot by the officer died at the scene. The man shot by the gunman was critically hurt, police said in a statement.
Names of the officer and the man killed were not immediately released.
The officer who fired is 42 and has been a police officer for 18 years, police said.
veryGood！ (682)
Related
- Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
- Key Tool in EU Clean Energy Boom Will Only Work in U.S. in Local Contexts
- Wildfire smoke impacting flights at Northeast airports
- Jay Johnston, Bob's Burgers and Arrested Development actor, charged for alleged role in Jan. 6 attack
- Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military
- Are We Ready for Another COVID Surge?
- Powerful Winter Storm Shows Damage High Tides With Sea Level Rise Can Do
- New Federal Gas Storage Regulations Likely to Mimic Industry’s Guidelines
- Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
- $80,000 and 5 ER visits: An ectopic pregnancy takes a toll
Ranking
- Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
- House GOP rules vote on gas stoves goes up in flames
- Trump’s FEMA Ignores Climate Change in Strategic Plan for Disaster Response
- How Teddi Mellencamp's Cancer Journey Pushed Her to Be Vulnerable With Her Kids
- Questlove charts 50 years of SNL musical hits (and misses)
- Mama June Shannon Shares Update on Daughter Anna Chickadee' Cardwell's Cancer Battle
- This Nigerian city has a high birth rate of twins — and no one is sure why
- Even in California, Oil Drilling Waste May Be Spurring Earthquakes
Recommendation
Finally, good retirement news! Southwest pilots' plan is a bright spot, experts say
One of Kenya's luckier farmers tells why so many farmers there are out of luck
Check Out the Most Surprising Celeb Transformations of the Week
Game, Set, Perfect Match: Inside Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova's Super-Private Romance
Could Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft reunite? Maybe in Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2026 class
IVF Has Come A Long Way, But Many Don't Have Access
22 National Science Academies Urge Government Action on Climate Change
10 Gift Baskets That Will Arrive Just in Time for Mother’s Day