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St. Louis Shooting Victim Vonderrit Myers, Jr. “No Stranger” to Law Enforcement – Had Ankle Monitor
thegatewaypundit.com ^ | 10-9-2014 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 10/09/2014 10:29:03 AM PDT by servo1969

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To: Arrowhead1952

Don’t forget 10 ft fencing.

Wait a week or two then see what’s left.


21 posted on 10/09/2014 11:08:54 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: NorthMountain

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.


22 posted on 10/09/2014 11:09:53 AM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: NorthMountain

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.


23 posted on 10/09/2014 11:10:51 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: NorthMountain

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.


24 posted on 10/09/2014 11:13:26 AM PDT by biff (WAS)
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To: servo1969

25 posted on 10/09/2014 11:13:36 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: MrB

The Ruger .22 has always worked that way. It’s annoying.

I’m also no fan of the “heel” mag release.


26 posted on 10/09/2014 11:15:58 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: LachlanMinnesota

good point.


27 posted on 10/09/2014 11:16:18 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: NorthMountain

Yep, got so mad at it that I THREW it out of the boat instead of waiting for the boat to tip over. :)


28 posted on 10/09/2014 11:17:15 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: NorthMountain

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.


29 posted on 10/09/2014 11:19:02 AM PDT by Molon Labbie (Prep. Now. Live Healthy, take your Shooting Iron daily.)
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To: servo1969

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.


30 posted on 10/09/2014 11:19:26 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: MrB

So sad ...
American gun factories are running maximum production, 24x7x365 ... and the products are all ending up under water.


31 posted on 10/09/2014 11:20:28 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: Molon Labbie

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.


32 posted on 10/09/2014 11:22:34 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: NorthMountain

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.


33 posted on 10/09/2014 11:31:04 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 deo duce ferro comitante)
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To: MrB

While you are in favor of fencing it, make sure it is electrified.


34 posted on 10/09/2014 11:34:38 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Guns are like parachutes. If you need one and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again.)
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To: Arrowhead1952

I just figured I’d save electricity and post “help wanted” signs on the inside.


35 posted on 10/09/2014 11:36:57 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: BunnySlippers
Thank you for the ping! Yes, posted it on the other thread from very early this morning.

Tanya Angelique Myers added 6 new photos. 13 hrs ·

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36 posted on 10/09/2014 11:39:07 AM PDT by maggief
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To: servo1969

Play stupid games,
Win stupid prizes.


37 posted on 10/09/2014 11:47:10 AM PDT by tnlibertarian
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To: BunnySlippers

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/off-duty-st-louis-officer-fatally-shoots-teen-who-fired/article_2d5a8c2a-97db-5cec-a477-1130d7d26f7e.html

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.

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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.


38 posted on 10/09/2014 11:54:07 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

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.


39 posted on 10/09/2014 12:13:43 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: servo1969

I’m sure mom’s pic was taken with her son as she was on her way to teach a Sunday School class.


40 posted on 10/09/2014 12:51:04 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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