A St. Louis County police officer was shot and killed Thursday, moments after responding to an early-hour disturbance call in a normally quiet, middle-class neighborhood. Officer Blake Snyder, 33, was shot point-blank after encountering the man accused of causing the disturbance, Police Chief Jon Belmar said. The 18-year-old man who shot Snyder was inside a car, and a second officer who arrived moments later fired at the suspect, hitting him several times, Belmar said. The suspect, whose name was not immediately released, is white. He was hospitalized in critical but stable condition. The white officer who shot him was not hurt.An undated photo provided by the St. Louis County Police...
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