by AWR Hawkins
Twenty-six-year-old looter Stephan Cannon was convicted Wednesday of killing 77-year-old St. Louis police captain (ret.) David Dorn during riots in 2020.
The Daily Wire reports Dorn was killed while trying to help protect a friendâs business from looters.
They note:
Dorn was responding to a burglar alarm on June 2, 2020 at Leeâs Pawn and Jewelry, a store owned by his friend, when he confronted a pack of looters. Cannon, who was among them, shot Dorn dead on the sidewalk outside the shop in an incident the aftermath of which was filmed and briefly shared to Facebook Live.
The New York Post points out prosecutors claimed âCannonâŠfired 10 shots at DornâŠafter the ex-cop approached the pawn shop and shot his gun in the air to deter looters.â…