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St. Louis Co. police release video related to officer-involved shooting Sunday

Police say this image shows Tyrone Harris, Junior holding a handgun (in white t-shirt, towards upper-right of image) shortly before he was shot by plainclothes officers. (screencap from video released by St. Louis County Police courtesy Missourinet)
Police say this image shows Tyrone Harris, Junior holding a handgun (in white t-shirt, towards upper-right of image) shortly before he was shot by plainclothes officers. (screencap from video released by St. Louis County Police courtesy Missourinet)

(Missourinet) – The St. Louis County Police Department has released surveillance video it says shows the man its officers shot Sunday night, carrying a gun shortly before that shooting.

The Department says Tyrone Harris, Junior can be seen pulling a handgun from his waistband after shots were fired near the protest on West Florissant. It was shortly after that gunfire that, police say, that Harris fired at an unmarked police SUV. Police say plainclothes detectives in the SUV returned fire, pursued Harris past a building, and shot him after he shot at them a second time.

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