A retired St.Louis police captain was shot and killed while trying to protect his friend’s pawn shop from looters.
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77-year-old David Dorn responded to an alarm at Lee’s Pawn and Jewelry Store on Dr. Martin Luther King Dr. and Belle Glade Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday when he was shot and killed by looters. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief John Hayden Jr. said in a statement that no arrests have been made but officers are working on identifying suspects involved in the shooting.
“David Dorn was a fine captain. Many of us younger officers looked up to him. … It’s a very sad time for our agency.”
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Local reports state Dorn retired from the police department after 38 years of service and his death was allegedly streamed on Facebook Live. His wife Sgt. Ann Marie Dorn said he would often check the pawnshop as a favor to his friend who owned the property.
Governor Mike Parson said in a statement that looting and killing others is highly unacceptable within the state:
“What Minneapolis police officers did to George Floyd isn’t acceptable and they MUST be held accountable. What criminals have done in St. Louis and across Missouri the past few nights isn’t acceptable. They MUST be held accountable,”
Source: NBC