ST. LOUIS – A violent altercation overnight at a South St. Louis QuikTrip ends with a security guard shooting and killing a suspect after the suspect shot the security guard.
We are learning many new details from St. Louis Police about what transpired overnight at the QT at Gravois and Chippewa in the Dutchtown neighborhood. The store is back open after the shooting overnight.
Earlier, police crime scene tape was up all around the QT while workers cleaned up both inside and outside the business, but that tape has since come down and things seem to be getting back to some sense of normalcy here.
Authorities got the call just after midnight. Monday morning, St. Louis police told FOX 2 that there was some sort of disturbance inside the QT and the armed security guard inside the store was escorting the suspect out, who was apparently causing the disturbance.
Police say at some point, there was a struggle, and the suspect was able to grab the security guard’s gun and shoot him in the leg. After he was shot, police explained that the struggle continued between the suspect and the security guard.
We’re told the security guard was able to get his gun back and shoot the suspect in the head, killing him. The police added that the security guard was conscious and breathing and his injuries don’t appear to be life-threatening.
FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.
