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Maurice A. Adkins
United States · Aged 27 · Died 06/01/2006
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Maurice A. Adkins died three days after he was shot by undercover officers. At around 6 p.m. on June 1, undercover detectives with the St. Louis County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force attempted to arrest Adkins after they said they'd bought heroin from him. When the detectives identified themselves as police, Adkins allegedly put his van into gear. According to police, one of the detectives opened the van's door and got stuck between the door and the door jamb by a police car. That officer and another detective then shot Adkins. A small woman and a child inside the van were not physically injured during the shooting, police said.
Alleged responsible partySt. Louis County Police Department, Webster Groves Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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