Man found guilty in shooting death of St. Louis-area officer

Published June 18, 2022 10:20 AM

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A 29-year-old man has been found guilty of second-degree murder and other crimes in the 2019 shooting death of a suburban St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a St. Louis County jury on Friday rejected the self-defense claim by Bonette K. Meeks in the death of Officer Michael Langsdorf. The shooting happened in June 2019 at a food market in Wellston. Meeks will be sentenced in September.

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