ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – The Circuit Attorney’s Office formally charged a St. Louis man who was in an officer-involved shooting that occurred on March 8.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) announced today that Vincent Simmons, 55, was charged with resisting arrest by fleeing, resisting with arrest for a felony, unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a controlled substance. 

Just after 1 a.m. on March 8, officers were alerted to a license plate reader on a vehicle that was wanted for stealing out from Richmond Heights.

When officials approached the suspected vehicle, at a traffic stop on Page Boulevard and Walton Avenue, the car sped off, according to SLMPD. The pursuit ended when the car crashed in an alley on the 5000 block of Kingshighway.

Two women, as well as Simmons, were in the vehicle. Simmons fled from the car and hid from police in a yard. When an officer entered the yard to arrest Simmons, he discharged his gun and shot the 55-year-old in the torso.

According to SLMPD, a gun was found inside the crashed vehicle, and Simmons was sent to a hospital for his injury. During that incident, no officers were reported injured. 

The Force Investigation Unit is investigating the incident. Simmons remains in the hospital, recovering but is in stable condition.