Let’s review what we know so far (from the Media):
“As (Hendren's partner) left the room but before leaving the apartment, he heard a shot," police said.
The officer, 24-year-old Katlyn Alix [who was off-duty], was in the living room of another officer [Nathan Hendren] who was on duty but at the home [700 Block, Dover Street] just before 1 a.m. when he "mishandled a firearm and shot (Alix) in the chest," police said in a written statement Thursday morning.
The market value of the residence is between $100k – 140k. Blockshopper.com suggests the home is owned by Sander Liebert and Meenakshi. See also Meenakshi Liebert, Meenakhi Batra. Sold in June 2010 and again January 2011. Purchased by Sander and Meenakshi Liebert in February 2018.
Dover Place, St. Louis, MO | BlockShopper.com
https://blockshopper.com/mo/st-louis-city/st-louis/property/28980000300/750-dover-place
Hendren’s partner told Hendren and Alix “that they shouldn’t be playing with guns and that they were police officers,” police said in the statement.
“He felt uncomfortable with them playing with guns and didn’t want to have any part of it and started to leave."
Hendren took the gun back and pulled the trigger.
The statement was provided by Sgt. Richard Hellmeier, [NOT] Hendren's partner [who is later confirmed to be PR], who was on-duty and with the two at the time of the shooting.
According to Hellmeier (now changed to Lt. Brown via PR), Hendren initially spun the cylinder and pointed the revolver away from Alix. But when he pulled the trigger, it did not fire. She took the gun and pointed it at Hendren, but again the gun did not fire.
Police officer charged with killing fellow cop in Russian roulette-style shooting
Hellmeier (now changed to Lt. Brown via PR), said, according to the probable cause statement, that "he advised that he told the defendant and victim that they shouldn't be playing with guns and that they were police officers. He felt uncomfortable with them playing with guns and didn't want to have any part of it and he started to leave. As he left the room but before leaving the apartment he heard a shot. He went back into the room and saw that the victim had been shot in the chest."
The house is about two miles from the southeastern border of the district they were supposed to be patrolling. Under department policy, on-duty officers are required to remain in their assigned districts at all times.
Alix was married to another SLPD officer (now known to be AJM) who was not present during the incident. They were married last October.
According to police, the officer who shot Officer Alix has been with the department for approximately one year. The other on-duty officer has worked for the SLMPD for about two years.
Hendren and his partner called in the shooting on their police radios at 12:56 a.m. Thursday as they rushed Alix to the hospital [in their marked SLPD SUV]. Alix was pronounced dead in the emergency room at 1:07 a.m.
Both Hendren and Alix had military backgrounds and presumably formal firearms training. Alix served six years in an Army in a MP unit including a tour a la Gitmo. Hendren joined the Marine Corp after HS and was deployed to Afghanistan for a time.
The weapon used was a revolver [possibly a 5-cylinder .38 special], not a service-pistol
Another neighbor said on Twitter that she heard loud yelling that got her out of bed during the night. She also heard a loud thump, but nothing she recognized as a gunshot.
Hendren had been hospitalized after taking Alix to the hospital following the shooting, according to sources. He head-butted the back window of a police SUV parked at the hospital, sources said. He broke the window and suffered minor injuries to his head, sources said.
The booking photo released by police shows Hendren with a blackened left eye.
Later the police department would refuse to confirm that Hendren was hospitalized, how the window to the SUV was shattered or any other details about the case. (Updated, now they are claiming the black eye was sustained during the head-butt).
Scott Rosenblum is representing the family.
BBM/JMO:
Here is what is not being reported / [possibly] covered-up by the police in an official capacity. I have not been able to verify these details and it is unlikely I will be able to with the on-going cover up.
1. Cocaine (more questions re: gardner letter)
2. Alcohol (not disclosed during initial reports)
3. “Pants not properly pulled up” (timeline of officers arriving / taking KA to hospital brings more questions, hopefully there is absolutely zero truth to this)
4. She was married (not disclosed during initial reports)
Just seems a bit odd that two officers were outside of their procedural patrol area, and that the two officers involved in the incident were military-trained yet ‘mishandled’ a firearm. Third, what kind of partner [possibly senior officer on site if we assume KA/NH graduated together and PR was at the commencement] simply walks out of the room while two of his buddies are playing Russian Roulette while one of them is on-duty?
Never mind the fact the official narrative keeps changing by the minute.
12-16 weeks on a forensic toxicology report is complete BS smoke and mirrors. There is no reason initial survey and suggested findings could not be released three to four weeks or sooner. The official tox report will probably be scrubbed anyways.
