Police shoot and kill man they say charged at officers with knife, metal pipe in downtown St. Louis ^18.9%

STLPR - By Rebecca Thiele - 5/19/2026, 8:24 PM

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Police shot and killed a man in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday morning after, investigators said, he threatened officers with a pipe and a chef's knife. Police responded to calls just before 11 a.m. to reports of a man swinging a metal pipe near Locust Street and Broadway, near the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Police said the pipe... more