Durell Dorn died after he was hit by a police SUV following a gunfight with officers on Monday morning in the Ferguson area, St. Louis County police said. Police said Dorn lived in the 5200 block of Gilmore Avenue in the city's Walnut Park East neighborhood. The interaction was caught on video by a driver, showing Dorn walking down West Florissant Avenue, waving a gun, shooting at least once and blocking traffic. Sgt. Tracy Panus, a spokeswoman for county police, said on Monday officers were called to the area around 10 a.m. after a vehicle driven by Dorn was in a crash at West Florissant and Lucas and Hunt Road. She said he got out of his vehicle and began firing a gun indiscriminately as he walked down West Florissant. Two county police SUVs responded, and, near Ferguson Avenue, the man fired at one. Officers fired back, and one then struck him with a police car. The man died at a hospital, Panus said. On Monday, police were unsure whether Dorn had been shot. The St. Louis County Medical Examiner's Office said on Tuesday it could not yet release any specifics on Dorn's injuries. The shooting happened at about 10 a.m. Monday.
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Died
Jan. 13, 2025
Type
Officer-involved shooting
Age
37 years old
Gender
Male
Where
West Florissant and Lucas and Hunt Road,
Country Club Hills,
St. Louis County