[sargon]

A black teenager fatally shot last week in St. Louis by an off-duty police officer had gunshot residue on his hands, jeans and T-shirt, according to crime lab results released on Tuesday

That, in and of itself, proves absolutely nothing either way.

[FreedomStar3028]

It proves that he was firing a weapon recently. Did he have guns, was he allowed to own weapons? Was he ever suspected of any gun crimes? This is all very important. I don’t understand why you think it isn’t.

[Respond Code Three]

In a statement, the St Louis Metropolitan Police Department said the presence of residue on someone's hands or clothes could mean the person fired a gun or was near a gun when it went off.

The Department is saying that this is proof that the person either fired a gun or was near a gun when it went off. So what is it in your mind that it doesn't prove either way?

[Molon Labbie]

The pictures of him holding the gun he shot at the officer with do, though.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/forensic-evidence-shows-teen-shot-at-st-louis-officer-police/article_3dafbce7-22b0-5c9a-b7e5-98460279f135.html#utm_source=stltoday.com&utm_campaign=hot-topics-2&utm_medium=direct

The S & W Sigma on his left thigh is the one they recovered at the scene.