Retired African American Police Captain Killed Trying To Stop St. Louis police captain David Dorn.
According to The Western Journal, police found former captain David Dorn, 77, outside Lee’s Pawn and Jewelry store around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Dorn spent more than three decades with the St. Louis Police Department before he was hired as the Moline Acres Police Chief in 2008.
The St. Louis Police said Dorn was pronounced dead at the scene with a gunshot wound to the torso.
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Police Chief John Hayden said Dorn died in the line of duty since he was using his training and the department is wearing mourning bands.
