Posted on 10/09/2014 10:29:03 AM PDT by servo1969
An 18 year-old teenager was shot by a police officer in St. Louis City Wednesday night.
The suspect reportedly shot at the officer during a chase.
A 9mm Ruger was recovered from the scene.
The shooting took place around 7:30 PM CT.
Hundreds of protesters, including Ferguson protest leaders, took to the street after the shooting.
(Matthew Wyczalkowski)
Once again, the grievance mongers in the St. Louis region are calling for a revolution, a war against police.
Its going to b a civil war the police against the people @SLMPD when the police approach us we need 2 shoot first ask ? Later @search4swag
WeAreThePeople (@Doge4ferguson) October 9, 2014
However, the “innocent 18 year-old with a sandwich” narrative is not accurate.
Vonderrit Myers Jr., pictured with his mother, was shot dead by an off-duty police officer on Wednesday night. (Daily Mail)
Regarding the deceased suspect who physically struggled with and shot at the officer Police Chief Dotson said the man was “no stranger to law enforcement“
Vonderrit Myers, Jr., at 18 years-old, already had a gun felony charge.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that people claiming to be relatives of the victim identified him as 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers, Jr. His date of birth identified as 1996. (His father also named Vonderrit, born in 1972, has cases listed too.) Vonderrit’s only 18 and already has felony charges as an adult.
He has serious charges on Missouri Casenet.
This information is provided as a service and is not considered an official court record.
Charge/Judgment
Description: Unlawful Use Of A Weapon (Subsections 1 – 4) { Felony D RSMo: 571.030 }
Date: 06/27/2014 Code: 3102000
OCN: CJ001706 Arresting Agency: ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN POLICE
Next Charge/Judgment
Description: Resisting/Interfering With Arrest, Detention Or Stop { Misdemeanor A RSMo: 575.150 }
Date: 06/27/2014 Code: 2704000
OCN: CJ001706 Arresting Agency: ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN POLICEhttps://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/cases/charges.do
1422-CR02533 – ST V VONDERRIT DEONDRAY MYERS (E-CASE)
Filing:
THE ABOVE DEFENDANT WAS ACTIVATED ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING HOUSE ARREST/GPS ON JULY 8,2014. EMASS WILL NOTIFY THE COURT IF ANY VIOLATIONS OCCUR.
Vonderrit Myers Jr. had an electronic monitor and was house arrest.
GPS monitoring shows the officers real-time images of where their defendants are, and whether they are abiding by curfews or geographical orders of protection.
The ankle monitor could be how the officer’s attention was drawn to Vonderrit. It could be another reason he had the lopsided run that Chief Dotson mentioned in his press conference.
Don’t forget 10 ft fencing.
Wait a week or two then see what’s left.
I should have said 18 year old kids in the hood aren’t likely to have a bottle of Hoppe’s around.
In my area, they all smell faintly of solvent and gun powder. It’s duck season.
Ruger...
anyone else ever cussed a Ruger mk III when they took it apart to clean the “new” out of it?
eeerrgh!
Actually, “apart” was easy. You have to do “gravity tricks” to get it back together.
Eye sight is not the problem, I got 20/20.
Men are just not as good at multi-tasking as women. Now don’t tell my wife I said that.
The Ruger .22 has always worked that way. It’s annoying.
I’m also no fan of the “heel” mag release.
good point.
Yep, got so mad at it that I THREW it out of the boat instead of waiting for the boat to tip over. :)
Watch what happens this weekend. If an officer is not murdered I would be surprised. Intel suggests that some elements are seeking to disarm and kill a police officer.
Oh sure. Try to assassinate this poor young man’s character. This is obviously just another case of a racist white (but I repeat myself) cop not letting an innocent black man shoot him down in cold blood. Watch the white establishment start bringing up irrelevant excuses like the goon was armed and had shot at the cop three times before his gun jammed and he was breaking the law. He was visiting his poor blind crippled grandmother on his way to bring food to starving Ebola victims when he was murdered by Sgt. Gung Ho. But you’ll never hear da troof cuz whitey own da newzpapers.
So sad ...
American gun factories are running maximum production, 24x7x365 ... and the products are all ending up under water.
I do not find that shocking. It also seems to me that the St. Louis area has more than its share of professional agitators who are NOT locals.
And the thug must have been a consummate slob to jam a Ruger.
probably held sideways and with limp wrist so the exiting round stove piped. Since I assume IQ of 75 (putting him in the MENSA category for his community) he didn’t know how to clear a jam and paid the price.
While you are in favor of fencing it, make sure it is electrified.
I just figured I’d save electricity and post “help wanted” signs on the inside.
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A police source told the Post-Dispatch that the gun Myers fired at the officer was a 9 mm Smith & Wesson, which was bought at Cabela’s in Hazelwood on May 5. It was then reported stolen Sept. 26 by a man from The Ville neighborhood. The owner told police that one of his sons stole the gun. When questioned, the son claimed the gun was stolen from him during a robbery that he did not report to police. It’s unclear how Myers acquired the weapon, police said.
Berhe Beyent, the manager of Shaw Market near the shooting scene, said Myers came in the store and bought a turkey sandwich and a soda about 10 minutes before the shooting. Beyent said he knew the young man and didn’t believe he had a gun at the time, and said it didn’t fit his personality.
Myers was wearing an ankle bracelet at the time he died a court-ordered monitoring system as a condition of bail in a gun case, according to his lawyer and police.
(snip)
Dotson, who came to the shooting scene and gave an update to reporters after midnight, said the uniformed officer had been in a car when he saw three males near Shaw Boulevard and Klemm Street at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. One of the males started to run away but stopped. The officer did a U-turn and then all three ran, in the 4100 block of Shaw Boulevard. The officer drove through streets following them, and then he got out and chased them on foot.
The officer followed one of the young men, identified as Myers, into a gangway. He was running and holding his waistband in a way that caused the officer to suspect he had a gun, according to police.
Myers turned and approached the officer in “an aggressive manner,” police said, and the officer told Myers to surrender. Myers continued to come at the officer and the two struggled. A sweatshirt the man was wearing came off during the struggle, police said.
Myers then ran from the officer, up an incline in the 4100 block of Shaw, and the officer saw what he believed to be a gun. He did not immediately fire because he wanted to be sure it was a firearm, police said. Myers turned and pointed a gun toward the officer and fired at least three shots, police said.
As Myers fired, the officer returned fire, police said. Myers continued to pull the trigger, but his gun apparently jammed.
It’s unclear how many times Myers was hit. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities found the Ruger, which appeared to have jammed after firing at least three rounds, at the scene, police said. Three bullets that had been fired toward the officer were also recovered. One bullet was found in a vehicle behind the officer. Trajectories showed they had been fired downhill at the officer, police said.
Police said the Ruger had been reported stolen on Sept. 26.
Dotson said he is unaware of any video that captured Wednesday night’s shooting. He said the department’s Force Investigative Unit is investigating.
Police did not identify the officer but said he is 32 and a six-year veteran of the police department.
Dotson said the teen who died “was no stranger to law enforcement” but didn’t elaborate.
Court records show that Myers was scheduled to stand trial in November for unlawful use of a weapon and resisting arrest. This summer, Myers was a passenger in a car involved in a high-speed car chase in St. Louis, officials say. The car crashed just after midnight on June 27 in the 1100 block of South Grand Boulevard. Myers got out of the car, and a police officer yelled at him to stop. Instead, Myers ran off and tossed a gun into a sewage drain. Police caught him nearby and recovered the gun, a loaded .380-caliber pistol.
Myers was jailed for a few days. Then, in early July, Myers was released on bail after posting $1,000 cash bond. His bail originally was set at $30,000 by Judge Rex Burlison but was dropped to $10,000 after Judge Theresa Counts Burke agreed with a defense motion that it was excessive. Burke allowed Myers to post 10 percent of that in cash. A second judge upheld that bond amount later.
On July 8, as a condition of bail, Myers was activated on electronic monitoring for house arrest, court records say. He could leave his home in the 4200 block of Castleman Avenue for work, school, court appearances, meetings with attorneys and meetings with the private monitoring firm.
That firm, Eastern Missouri Alternative Sentencing Services, Inc., was supposed to monitor Myers’ movements and contact the court if he violated the rules. Nothing in the court file indicates any violations. Susan Ryan, a spokeswoman for the St. Louis circuit attorney’s office, said prosecutors weren’t told of any violations.
Thanks. That’s the most complete account I’ve read.
The police have an uphill battle when everyone around the guy swears he’s not the type to have a gun when that’s clearly not true.
I can’t wait until the Darren Wilson jury results come in. The sooner, the better IMO.
I’m sure mom’s pic was taken with her son as she was on her way to teach a Sunday School class.
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