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Billy Sparks
United States · Aged 40 · Died 10/10/2003
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Deadly force
A detective shot Billy Sparks when he allegedly threatened him with a BB pistol after he'd been cornered in a small backyard. At around noon, detectives went to a recreational other parked on Smiley Avenue to question Sparks and a woman about two armed robberies nearby. Sparks yelled that he'd never go back to prison and fled. Sparks allegedly pointed the BB gun at the detective behind a house on Leona, prompting the officer to shoot him twice. Sparks died at a hospital.
Alleged responsible partySt. Louis Metropolitan Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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