Undercover St. Louis Cops Shot at in North St. Louis

The plain-clothed detectives were following another vehicle when their unmarked car was struck by gunfire

By Ryan Krull

Jun 23, 2023 at 12:53 pm

Courtesy SLMPD

Bullet holes in an unmarked police car.

Police in St. Louis' the Ville neighborhood this morning were following a vehicle that was driving erratically when someone in an alley opened fire on the officers' car.

Sergeant Charles Wall with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department says that the shooting happened around 11:30 a.m. as plain-clothes detectives in an unmarked car surveilled the other vehicle near Aldine and Billups avenues.

The detectives' red sedan was then suddenly fired upon by an "unknown subject" shooting at them from an alley.

Wall clarified to the RFT that officers who were shot at had not yet attempted to conduct a traffic stop when they were fired upon.

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Courtesy SLMPD

The unmarked police car was following another vehicle when it was fired upon.

Photos of the police vehicle indicate it was struck by at least five bullets on its driver's side front and rear doors. According to Wall, breaking glass cut one of the officers in the arm.

The driver of the car originally being pursued was stopped, arrested and charged with an offense that police have not specified.

The alleged gunman from the alley remains at large.

Intersection where crash and shoot out occurred.

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