ST. LOUIS — A police officer on Wednesday morning shot a man who ran at him with a "butcher-style" knife, police said. The man is expected to survive.
Leslie Hopkins, 72, survived the shooting and was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action.Â
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Leslie Hopkins, 72, survived the shooting and was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action.Â
Police shootings in the 51ºÚÁÏ region in 2025
Outside a 51ºÚÁÏ bar on New Year's Day. Inside a doctor's home in Fenton.
At least 17 times in 2025, police across the 51ºÚÁÏ 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, was shot about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday at a home in the 3300 block of Welsberg Drive in Bel-Ridge, police said.Â
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, 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 51ºÚÁÏ 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.
51ºÚÁÏ County police shot and killed Dr. Aleksandr Lanis, 38, when he pulled a gun on them during an arrest at his home, authorities said.
51ºÚÁÏ 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 led officers on a car chase and drove the car into an officer.Â
Kobie Davis, 25, was killed by a Leadington, Missouri, police officer hired to work security for The Wheelhouse at 1000 Spruce Street.
