St. Louis airport police fatally shoot knife‑wielding man after Taser attempt
7d
Breaking
3
About 1:05 a.m. in Terminal 1 at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, two airport police officers shot and killed a man who was wielding a knife and refused to drop it after one officer deployed a Taser and a second officer fired; the encounter occurred near the MetroLink/light-rail line outside security. The Terminal One MetroLink station was closed for about three hours with shuttle buses to Terminal Two while the airport stayed open and travel was not impacted, and St. Louis County Police Department Crimes Against Persons detectives are leading the investigation; the officers had roughly six months and one year of airport police service with prior law‑enforcement experience.
Police-Involved Shootings
Airport Security
Airports and Aviation