He was defending a pawn store owner against criminals using George Floyd protests as an excuse to steal from businesses when he was shot and killed. 77-year-old retired St. Louis Police Department Captain David Dorn was a father, a husband, a grandfather and a brother who was killed defending his friend and employer’s business from criminals. “Protesters” videotaped (***warning***video at link is graphic) him and shared his death, LIVE on Facebook, as he laid on the sidewalk, bleeding out.

St. Louis Dispatch – A retired police captain was shot to death by looters at a St. Louis pawn shop early Tuesday and his killing was broadcast on Facebook Live.

David Dorn, 77, was shot in the torso about 2:30 a.m. He died on the sidewalk in front of the shop, Lee’s Pawn & Jewelry, at 4123 Martin Luther King Drive.

Police have made no arrests and said they have no suspects. Authorities have announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Dorn’s wife, Ann Marie Dorn, said her husband was a friend of the pawn shop’s owner and worked for him. He would show up at the shop when burglar alarms sounded to check on the building, she said. She was too distraught to talk more about her husband.

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David Dorn retired from the St. Louis Police Department in 2007 after 38 years on the job. He rose from rookie patrol officer in 1969 to captain. He was the deputy commander of the Bureau of Patrol Support, which oversees traffic and mounted patrols, commercial vehicles, and the tactical unit.

When he retired, Dorn then became the police chief in Moline Acres.

Tim Fitch, the former St. Louis County police chief, remembered Dorn as a “true public servant.”

Facebook user Marquaello Futrell was shocked when she accidentally witnessed the shooting death of David Dorn. She posted about her experience on Facebook:

What I just witnessed on several lives has me sickened to my stomach. The man just was shot and killed outside of Lee’s Pawn and Jewelry has me sick to my stomach. It’s one thing to be a victim of a robbery/assault but to lie in your own blood pleading for help and no help comes other than people standing around on FB Live recording his death. All over social media. I’m upset and can’t sleep!

https://www.facebook.com/marquaello.futrell/posts/1676399589203153

Black conservative comedian Terrence K. Williams called out Black Live Matters suppporters

Conservative Jack Posobiec started a memorial fund for the family of Captain David Dorn. So far, the campaign has raised $63K for his family. Here is the link if you’d like to contribute: https://fundly.com/captain-david-dorn-memorial-fund

Conservative lawyer Mike Cernovich asked if Hollywood hypocrite, Justin Timberlake, who donated to a fund to help rioters who were arrested in protests if he would donate to a Crime Stoppers fund to help find Dorn’s murderer/s?

 

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