Suspect suffers life-threatening injuries in ‘gunfight’ with Missouri officers
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A man is hospitalized with what police describe as life-threatening injuries after a “gunfight” with two St. Louis County officers. Police received a call about a domestic disturbance just after 7 p.m. Wednesday and were told that a man was intoxicated and refusing to allow the caller to leave the home. St. Louis County Sgt. Tracy Panus says police also were told the man was armed. She says two officers arrived and saw the man on the porch with a handgun in each hand. Despite de-escalation attempts, the man raised a gun at the officers and they shot him. The officers were unhurt. Panus says investigators don’t yet know if the suspect or the officers fired first.
