After an online argument about the Black Lives Matter movement, a 20-year-old black man was shot dead by an off-duty police officer after the man broke into the officer’s St. Louis, Missouri-area home Sunday night.
Both the officer and the deceased knew one another, and when suspect identified as Tyler Gebhard, arrived at the officer’s home and rang the doorbell, the officer’s wife ran upstairs to hide with her children and mother.
The suspect then reportedly went to the rear entrance of the home and and gained entry by throwing a concrete planter threw the door, according to St. Louis station KMOV 4 News.
The suspect, who was pronounced dead at an area hospital, was reportedly suffering from emotional issues.
The officer is on paid administrative leave following the incident.
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Clip via KMOV 4 News.
The St. Louis County Police Department reported:
(1/2) At appx 5:50p an off-duty St. Louis County police officer was involved in a shooting after a suspect broke into his home in Lakeshire.
— St. Louis County PD (@stlcountypd) July 10, 2016
(2/2) The suspect, who was known to the family, demanded entry & threw a planter through a glass door. pic.twitter.com/dnDmNRmgEZ
— St. Louis County PD (@stlcountypd) July 10, 2016
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