‘Looter’ charged with killing retired police captain who was protecting pawn shop
A man has been charged with the fatal shooting of a retired police captain who was protecting a pawn shop from looters during a protest for George Floyd.
Stephan Cannon, 24, was charged with first-degree murder of former St Louis Police Captain David Dorn on Sunday, five days after he allegedly gunned Dorn down at Lee’s Pawn and Jewelry on June 2 after the protests escalated into a night of riots and looting.
Dorn was friends with the pawn shop owner and his wife and had been protecting the shop from looters his wife, Ann Marie Dorn, told St Louis Today, adding that he regularly checked on the business when the alarms went off.
‘(Dorn) was murdered by looters at a pawn shop. He was the type of brother that would’ve given his life to save them if he had to,’ the Ethical Society of Police of St Louis wrote.
Police said Dorn was found shot multiple times.
According to the charging documents, Cannon can be seen in surveillance video leaving a vehicle outside the pawn shop before going in and grabbing several televisions. At one point in the video, Cannon was the only person standing on the corner outside the store when Dorn arrived. The footage goes on to show Cannon pointing a gun at Dorn, who is seen falling to the ground.
Cannon is then seen getting into the vehicle he arrived in with two other people and leaving.
He was later arrested after a witness identified him to police and officers found a television that was taken from the pawn shop at his home.
In a statement, Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner said she began an investigation into the shooting with alongsidethe police and ‘outraged community.’
‘We have issued charges for the tragic murder of former Captain David Dorn.’
Cannon was also charged with robbery, burglary armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm.
He is being held without bond.
Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.
For more stories like this, check our news page.