St. Louis County prosecutors did not issue charges against August Burns 8 days before he was involved in the shooting of two St. Louis police officers.
Authorities on Thursday identified the man killed in an exchange of gunfire with St. Louis officers that left two of them wounded, one critically. Police said the man killed was 23-year-old Equan Hopson of St.
The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged two of the men arrested in connection with the Wednesday afternoon shooting of two St. Louis officers.