Girl Scout selling cookies threatened with gun
St. Louis Public Radio
Published January 26, 2007 at 10:15 AM CST
By AP/KWMU
St. Louis, MO – St. Louis police say they don't expect to charge a 78-year-old woman with any crime for reportedly pointing a gun at an 8-year old Girl Scout selling cookies.
The girl's father said a man who answered the door of a south-city home this week yelled at them. As they walked away the man's mother emerged with a double-barrel shotgun threatening to shoot.
Firefighter Terry Tedder had taken his daughter out to sell cookies in their neighborhood. After the incident, Tedder and his daughter ran home and called police.
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Police: Man feared trick-or-treater was robber
An ex-convict who thought he was being robbed gunned down a 12-year-old trick-or-treater, spraying nearly 30 rounds with an assault rifle from inside his home after hearing a knock on the door, police said Saturday.
Nov. 1, 2008, 3:46 AM EDT / Source: The Associated Press
An ex-convict who thought he was being robbed gunned down a 12-year-old trick-or-treater, spraying nearly 30 rounds with an assault rifle from inside his home after hearing a knock on the door, police said Saturday.
Quentin Patrick, 22, is accused of killing 12-year-old T.J. Darrisaw on Friday night. T.J.'s 9-year-old brother, Ahmadre Darrisaw, and their father, Freddie Grinnell, were injured but were released after being treated at a hospital.
The family attended a Halloween celebration in downtown Sumter, 45 miles east of Columbia, then stopped at Patrick's house because the porch light was on, police said. Another sibling was with them but wasn't hurt. Police said at least two of the boys were wearing ghoulish masks when they knocked on the door. The boys' mother and a toddler stayed in the car nearby.
Patrick emptied his AK-47, shooting at least 29 times through his front door, walls and windows after hearing the knock, Police Chief Patty Patterson said.
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