Off-duty Missouri officer shot man who fired into bar crowd

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police say an off-duty Northwoods police office shot and critically injured a man who fired into a crowd outside a bar. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that shootout happened late Thursday night outside The Other Place II bar, when a 25-year-old man reportedly approached the crowd with a handgun. Investigators say the off-duty officer who was working as security for the bar confronted the man, who then fired at the officer and into the crowd, critically wounding a 52-year-old man. Police say the off-duty officer, who was not hit, returned fire, hitting and critically wounding the suspected gunman. Police have not yet released the names of the suspected gunman or the off-duty officer.