Updated: 3:54 PM CDT July 3, 2021
AFFTON, Mo. — St. Louis County Police officers and the Crisis Negotiations Unit spent several hours Friday trying to resolve a situation involving a man with a long gun who initially threatened suicide.
After demonstrating erratic behavior, going into and out of the residence in the 9800 block of Chesterton Drive and firing several shots, the man left officers from the Affton Southwest Precinct without a satisfactory way out.
Officers' orders for the individual to put the gun down were unsuccessful.
When the man raised his gun and threatened to shoot them from the backyard, two officers fired, striking and wounding the suspect.