On Tuesday afternoon, February 3, 2015, 23-year-old Ledarius Williams was shot and killed by a St. Louis police officer after a foot chase and a struggle in the Dutchtown neighborhood. Two white male officers, described as 29 and 22 years old, said they began following Williams after observing him acting suspiciously; Williams fled and was later found hiding behind a bush in a gangway on Meramec. Police report that a struggle ensued and that Williams produced a .45 caliber handgun and aimed it at the officers. One officer fired four shots; Williams was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. No officers were injured.

Williams had been shot in the leg by police in 2009 after allegedly pointing a weapon at officers, an encounter that resulted in a nearly five-year prison sentence. The St. Louis Police Department’s special independent investigative unit was assigned to investigate the 2015 shooting.

Did anyone in Dutchtown witness the chase or the struggle and can provide more details about what happened?