¹û½´ÊÓƵ police investigate the scene where undercover officers fatally shot and killed a man behind a building in the 2000 block of Salisbury Street in ¹û½´ÊÓƵ on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Police said they were investigating a carjacking when officers approached the man he pulled out a gun and ran. Police say they recovered a gun at the scene.
ST. LOUIS — Police shot and killed a man Thursday afternoon as they were investigating a morning carjacking, police said.
The carjacking happened around 1:20 a.m. Thursday at the corner of Blair Avenue and Palm Street near Interstate 70, said Maj. Janice Bockstruck.
Later that day, police found the stolen vehicle, a Ford Fusion, about a half-mile away, at Salisbury and North 20th streets.
Around 1:20 p.m., as police were investigating there, a car pulled up full of people, Bockstruck said. One man got out and approached the stolen car.
But when police went to talk to him, he pulled out a gun and ran, she said.
Officers chased him behind a building there, ordered him to drop the gun, then shot him.
Bockstruck did not say how many officers chased the man, how many fired their weapons, whether the suspect fired his gun, or how many shots were fired.
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The man was treated at the scene by paramedics, but died during treatment.
Bockstruck didn't identify the man. She said he was between 18 and 22 years old.
The block at Salisbury and 20th was blocked with tape and police cars at every intersection.
Police searched grass in a neighboring lot with a dog. Police said they recovered a gun there.
The officer who fired the shots that killed the man had been on the force for nine years, Bockstruck said.
¹û½´ÊÓƵ police search for evidence at the scene where undercover officers fatally shot and killed a man behind a building in the 2000 block of Salisbury Street in ¹û½´ÊÓƵ on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Police said they were investigating a carjacking when officers approached the man he pulled out a gun and ran. Police say they recovered a gun at the scene. Lt. Billy March with the Force Investigative Unit is seen ducking under the tape and Chief Robert Tracy can be seen in the middle of the photo wearing a hat.Ìý
¹û½´ÊÓƵ police search for evidence at the scene where undercover officers fatally shot and killed a man behind a building in the 2000 block of Salisbury Street near Hyde Park in ¹û½´ÊÓƵ on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Police said they were investigating a carjacking when officers approached the man he pulled out a gun and ran. Police say they recovered a gun at the scene.
¹û½´ÊÓƵ police Chief Robert Tracy, left, and Sgt. William Brush walk near a scene where undercover officers fatally shot and killed a man behind a building in the 2000 block of Salisbury Street in ¹û½´ÊÓƵ on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Police said they were investigating a carjacking when officers approached the man he pulled out a gun and ran. Police say they recovered a gun at the scene.
¹û½´ÊÓƵ police investigate the scene where undercover officers fatally shot and killed a man behind a building in the 2000 block of Salisbury Street near Hyde Park in ¹û½´ÊÓƵ on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Police said they were investigating a carjacking when officers approached the man he pulled out a gun and ran. Police say they recovered a gun at the scene.
¹û½´ÊÓƵ police Director of Public Affairs and Information Mitch McCoy, center, talks to media at the scene where undercover officers fatally shot and killed a man behind a building in the 2000 block of Salisbury Street in ¹û½´ÊÓƵ on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Police said they were investigating a carjacking when officers approached the man he pulled out a gun and ran. Police say they recovered a gun at the scene. Also pictured with McCoy is Maj. Janice Bockstruck, left, and Lt. Billy March.
