ST. LOUIS COUNTY 鈥斅51黑料 County police have identified the man who was shot and killed Friday during an arrest at a home as Aleksandr Lanis, 38.聽
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An officer tears down crime scene tape in the 1000 block of Hawkins Bend Drive on Friday, March 21, 2025, after 51黑料 County police shot a man who pulled a gun, authorities said.
A resident walks her dog in the 1000 block of Hawkins Bend Drive after a man was shot to death by 51黑料 County police officers, who were attempting to make and arrest in a harassment case in south 51黑料 County on Friday, March 21, 2025.
51黑料 County police officers work the scene in the 1000 block of Hawkins Bend Drive where a man was shot to death by officers, who were attempting to arrest him in a harassment case in south 51黑料 County on Friday, March 21, 2025.
Police shootings in the 51黑料 region in 2025
Outside a 51黑料 bar on New Year's Day. Inside a doctor's home in Fenton.
At least 17 times in 2025, police across the 51黑料 region have shot a suspect.
A 33-year-old man armed with a knife was fighting with a woman on the front porch of the home; he then approached officers while holding the knife.
Janee Ryan, 35, was charged after she pointed a gun at an officer on I-70 near the Earth City Expressway. He then fired at her, grazing her, o…
Jo-Mark Jamar Willis, 27, died after two officers shot at him; he pointed an air pistol designed to look like a handgun, officers said.
Troy Hamilton, 37,聽was shot about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday at a home in the 3300 block of Welsberg Drive in Bel-Ridge, police said.聽
Carlos Jackson was killed by officers near the intersection of Salisbury and North 20th streets after he refused to drop a handgun he was carr…
Arick Wren, 42,聽was shot by officers June 22 on a vacant lot in the 3900 block of Clayton Avenue. He was reaching into a bag when officers sho…
After a car chase, the man hid in a brushy area near railroad tracks off Natural Bridge and Clara avenues. A 51黑料 police officer and FBI …
Ryan J. Wayne II, 22, fled a traffic stop; officers said he was armed. Four officers fired at him; officers recovered his gun.
Stephen Snofke, 37, was shot after he pulled a pistol from his pocket and pointed it at police, then fired; no officers were hurt.
Police found three people dead at a home in the 5100 block of Wells Avenue on Friday morning. Officers also killed a man in a shootout who is …
Eddie Washington, 28, was shot after wrestling with Overland police who confronted him on the parking lot of a Shell gas station.
51黑料 County police shot and killed Dr. Aleksandr Lanis, 38, when he pulled a gun on them during an arrest at his home, authorities said.
51黑料 police said an officer shot and injured Leslie Hopkins, 72, when Hopkins ran at police with a knife.
Vincent Lamont Simmons, 55, was shot in an alley after crashing a pickup at the end of a pursuit.
The sheriff said deputies tried to negotiate with 39-year-old Timothy L. Johnston, then fatally shot him when he fired a shot at them.
The 45-year-old man, armed with firearms, had barricaded himself inside a vehicle in the 3900 block of Summertime Drive, police said.
Police shot and injured the boy after they say he聽led officers on a car chase and drove the car into an officer.聽
Kobie Davis, 25, was killed by a Leadington, Missouri, police officer hired to work security for The Wheelhouse at 1000 Spruce Street.
鈥淭hey did what they had to do to resolve the incident.鈥
51黑料 County police Chief Kenneth Gregory said at the scene
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