Police say slight differences in state and federal gun possession laws tied their hands when school shooter Orlando Harrisβ mother asked them to remove the gun from her home nine days before the shooting.
By Nassim Benchaabane and Kelsey Landis St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The incident happened Thursday morning. A man sitting in his car shot at a group of three people after he said one of them reached for his door handle.
Plans call for the 2.2-mile trolley line from Forest Park to the western end of the Delmar Loop to resume service n the spring but a start date and other details have yet to be worked out.
A resolution passed unanimously Friday also calls for repeal of the stateβs Second Amendment Preservation Act, which seeks to invalidate federal gun laws in Missouri.
The missing protective hand guard on the AR-15-style rifle used earlier this week by the St. Louis school shooter broke off during the firefight with police that killed the suspected gunman. Police are unsure if his gun jammed.
βNo words could ever reiterate what the school meant to us before screams filled our classrooms and bullets flew through our halls,β said a CVPA student at a town hall Thursday.