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Surveillance footage shows armed looters inside pawn shop ‘after shooting retired police captain dead outside’
CCTV footage of seven persons of interest in the murder investigation of retired police captain David Dorn has been released.
One suspect is filmed pointing a handgun at the door as others duck under the shutter and run around the store at the time when Dorn was fatally shot.
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Capt. David Dorn, 77, was shot and killed outside Lee's Pawn & Jewelry in St. Louis at around 2.30 am on Tuesday.
Dorn's body was found on the sidewalk in front of the shop that belonged to his friend as people did their best to save him.
Police believe he was trying to protect the shop from the looters and reports indicate that his killer stood over him as he died without contacting emergency services.
St. Louis Police Department has now released private CCTV footage from inside the shop that showed seven men enter through the front door at the time of the shooting.
One appears to have an injury to his left hand and another is seen holding what looks like a gun.
St Louis police are offering $45,000 for information leading to an arrest, a sum that is now growing thanks to public donations.
In the video the store appears to already have been looted and wrecked, with windows shattered, display cabinets emptied and trash discarded on the floor.
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But a police source told the Associated Press that looters, who had broken into the shop during unrest that followed a peaceful protest over the death of George Floyd, were responsible.
In a disturbing twist, Dorn's death was reportedly streamed on Facebook Live.
“I just seen a man die on live man! Smh,” state Rep. Rasheen Aldridge posted on Facebook.
Another member of the public also claimed on Facebook that looters stood over Dorn and filmed as he died, rather than call for assistance.
Dorn frequently checked on his friend's business when alarms went off, his wife, Ann Marie Dorn, told the .
The retired captain had served 38 years on the St. Louis police force before retiring in October 2007. He then became chief of Moline Acres, a small town north of St. Louis.
The Ethical Society of Police, which represents black officers in St. Louis, said in a news release that Dorn was "the type of brother that would've given his life to save them if he had to".
On Tuesday, Donald Trump tweeted that Dorn had been "killed by despicable looters."
Capt. Dorn's death came on a violent night in , which saw four officers shot, officers pelted with rocks, and businesses burned and robbed.
since Floyd died last week after an officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes, even after the handcuffed black man stopped moving and pleading for air.
the death of and those who suffered similar fates at the hands of police across the US and the rest of the world.
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Dorn is one of 13 people have been killed while being caught up in George Floyd protests which have taken place across the country over the past 10 days.
Other victims include Javar Harrell, 21, who was shot while sitting in his car amid protests in Detroit last Friday, and David McAtee, 53, who was killed by police in Louisville on Monday.
Floyd died on May 25 after getting arrested for apparently trying to use a fake $20 bill to buy cigarettes.
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His death was determined on Monday to be a homicide .
on Monday against US citizens if local authorities didn’t use more force on protesters.
Trump said if governors don’t deploy the National Guard in sufficient numbers to “dominate the streets,” the military would step in to “quickly solve the problem for them.”
He since caused further outrage with a after peaceful protesters were teargassed to make way for him to stand outside a church near (16 Street) in Washington DC with a bible.
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