St. Louis County Police have released bodycam footage from a deadly officer-involved shooting at Lambert International Airport before Christmas. It happened around 12:40 a.m. on December 21st inside the Metrolink hallway at Terminal 1.
Police encountered a man wielding a knife and warned him to drop it. He refused and instead advanced toward one of the officers, who opened fire. Police say four shots were fired. The suspect, 31-year-old Darius Kennedy, identified by the department as unhoused, died at the scene.
The video below includes a briefing from two members of St. Louis County Police, as well as the bodycam footage from multiple angles and the 9-1-1 calls prior to the incident. NOTE: The footage shows Kennedy being shot and contains audio of the gunfire and police commands that include profanity.