Suspect Shot By Off-Duty St. Louis Officer Allegedly Fired A Stolen Weapon

By Bob Owens | 7:31 PM | October 09, 2014

*St. Louis police investigate the scene of an alleged gunfight between an off-duty police officer and a man with a criminal record.*

It appears that the Myers family claim that Vonderritt Myers was only armed with a sandwich is a bit dishonest, unless Ruger is now making a ham & cheese in 9mm.

Additional information on 10/8 officer-involved shooting in the 4100 block of Shaw: pic.twitter.com/garczVI0k8

— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) October 9, 2014

If that is a bit hard to read, here’s a slightly enhanced version.

If there is rioting over the Myers shooting in the St. Louis area tonight, it will serve to show that justice isn’t remotely on the minds of the protesters, many of whom are out-of-towners who seem to be looking for an excuse to cause problems instead of resolve them.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.