Man Shot And Killed By St. Louis Police

St. Louis police shot and killed a young African-American man Tuesday after author­i­ties say he bran­dished a knife.

The shoot­ing took place not far from Ferguson, Missouri, where theshoot­ing death of black teenag­er Michael Brown by a white police offi­cer has touched off vio­lent protests.

“The sus­pect, who right now is described as a 23-year-old African-American, was act­ing errat­i­cal­ly — walk­ing back and forth up and down the street,” St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson told reporters.

“As offi­cers arrived, the sus­pect turned towards the offi­cers and start­ed to walk towards them clutch­ing his waist­band. He then pulled out a knife … and told the offi­cers, ‘Shoot me now. Kill me now,’ ” the chief said.

Responding offi­cers told the man, repeat­ed­ly, to stop and drop his knife, Dotson said. He con­tin­ued to approach, com­ing with­in about four feet of one of the offi­cers, Dotson said, adding that both offi­cers then fired their weapons, strik­ing the suspect.

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