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a man wielding a weapon Knife The busiest place in St. Louis airport shot dead by Police The officer said early Friday morning, St. Louis County police spokeswoman Vera Clay said.
No one was injured when officers encountered a knife-wielding man outside Terminal 1 at St. Louis Lambert International Airport.
According to the police, the incident happened around 1 am.
Vera said the man displayed a knife at officers when they tried to remove him.
Officers used a Taser but the man continued toward the officers and one of them fired his gun, seriously wounding the man, Vera said.
The area is located near a light rail line that transports passenger According to airport maps posted on its website, it extends to the terminal and is not behind any security checkpoint.
The rail line to Terminal 1 was briefly closed, with shuttles taking people from other drop-off points, but it reopened later Friday morning. The airport remained open.
Clay said officers saw the man, who was not identified, in an area where he wasn’t supposed to be and he refused to leave.
St. Louis County Police said in an emailed statement that both officers were part of the airport police department and had 6 months and 1 year of service on the force, respectively, as well as prior law enforcement experience.
The St. Louis County Police Department is investigating shooting,
According to local reports, a crime scene was set up inside the terminal near the American Airlines ticketing counter.
The shooting comes as one of the busiest travel weeks of the year begins across the country, as people begin making their way to Thanksgiving destinations.
According to Clay, authorities did not believe the man was “using the airport as a way to travel”.