Police confirm Missouri officer fired fatal shot that killed man who allegedly shot another man

Published April 17, 2024 11:25 AM

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer fired the fatal shot that killed at man at a gas station in the St. Louis suburb. The shooting happened just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at a convenience store. Police said 26-year-old Detarius Haynes and 18-year-old Joshua Campbell were in a vehicle that pulled up to a gas pump. St. Louis County police said in a news release on Wednesday that Campbell shot Haynes, who collapsed and died near the gas pump. A Ferguson officer who was walking out of the store shot Campbell, who ran onto West Florissant Road where he collapsed and died.

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