ST. LOUIS – A 66-year-old St. Louis man is facing weapons charges after being shot at by a police officer.
According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s probable cause statement, the shooting took place around 4:45 a.m. on May 1 in the 700 block of Ponce Avenue, in the Baden neighborhood.
Officers responded to a crisis intervention call for a man threatening to harm himself and another person inside a residence.
Police claim that when officers went inside the home, the suspect, identified as Leslie Anderson, emerged from a bedroom with a revolver. One of the officers fired at Anderson but missed.
The officers took cover and began yelling commands at Anderson to surrender.
Anderson eventually surrendered without further incident.
Police recovered two handguns at the scene. Anderson suffered a cut to his knee from broken glass.
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office charged Anderson with two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm. He remains jailed without bond.