(AP) – Police have identified a man who was killed by officers hours
after he allegedly shot a St. Louis police sergeant as 19-year-old George P.
Bush III.
The officer was shot Sunday night when a vehicle pulled alongside his SUV. The
suspect fired two shots that struck the 46-year-old officer in the face. Police
Chief Sam Dotson called it an “ambush.”
The officer was released from a hospital Monday morning.
Police say Bush began shooting at officers who converged on him around 12:30
a.m. Monday. A St. Louis officer and an FBI Task Force officer returned fire,
killing Bush. No officers were hurt in that exchange.
Court records show Bush had one previous case on file. He was charged with
resisting arrest and creating a substantial risk of serious injury or death in
October 2015. But Dotson says he was wanted for questioning for a number of
recent violent crimes, including a homicide.
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