NewsJuly 19, 2015
Last suspect in custody in St. Louis police ambush shooting
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis authorities say the fourth and final suspect in an ambush shooting that injured a uniformed police sergeant is in custody. Police say four men were in a car before dawn Tuesday that pulled in front of the 39-year-old sergeant's private car in which he was sitting while working security. That's when one of the suspects opened fire on the officer, who returned gunfire. The suspects fled...
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ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis authorities say the fourth and final suspect in an ambush shooting that injured a uniformed police sergeant is in custody.
Police say four men were in a car before dawn Tuesday that pulled in front of the 39-year-old sergeant's private car in which he was sitting while working security. That's when one of the suspects opened fire on the officer, who returned gunfire. The suspects fled.
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Prosecutors on Thursday charged the 23-year-old suspected gunman and the 27-year-old alleged getaway driver with felony assault and other counts. They're jailed on $200,000 bond.
The second of two back-seat passengers in the suspects' vehicle surrendered Thursday. They haven't been charged.
The officer was treated at a hospital and released.
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