St. Louis police fatally shoot a 16-year-old who they say was reaching for a gun
St. Louis police officers fatally shot Darryl Ross, a 16-year-old who was reaching for a gun, authorities said Monday.
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis police officers fatally shot a 16-year-old who was reaching for a gun, authorities said Monday.
Darryl Ross was shot just after 11:30 p.m. Sunday at a gas station on the city’s north side. Ross is Black. A police incident report said one of the officers involved in the shooting was Black, and one was white.
The city’s new Force Investigation Unit, established last month, was handling the investigation.
Police said two drug enforcement detectives spotted several people with guns at the service station and drove to the parking lot. Their car was unmarked and they were in plain clothes but wearing black, bulletproof vests with the word “POLICE” written on the front and back.
Ross, armed with a gun according to the police report, walked away quickly to an alley. The detectives followed him and announced they were police officers. Ross ran, then tripped and fell, dropping a pistol, police said.
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