--- description: Not related to unrest in Ferguson title: St. Louis Cops Shoot and Kill Man in Incident Near Ferguson image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # St. Louis Cops Shoot and Kill Man in Incident Near Ferguson by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 19, 2014 7:12 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 19, 2014 7:12 PM CUT Two St. Louis city police officers shot and killed a man who came within several feet of them brandishing a knife on Tuesday in a confrontation a few miles from the turbulent suburb of Ferguson, authorities said. The man, 23, had taken energy drinks and a package of pastries from a nearby convenience store, Police Chief Sam Dotson told reporters. He said that the man was “acting erratically, walking back and forth, up and down the street.” The chief said that the officers repeatedly ordered the man to drop the knife. The chief said the man answered: “Shoot me now. Kill me now.”… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/st-louis-cops-shoot-kill-man-incident-near-ferguson-n184216?cid=par-time-article%5F20140819 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3145342/st-louis-shooting-ferguson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3145342/st-louis-shooting-ferguson/"},"headline":"St. Louis Cops Shoot and Kill Man in Incident Near Ferguson","datePublished":"2014-08-19T19:12:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:45:08.419Z","description":"Not related to unrest in Ferguson","url":"https://time.com/3145342/st-louis-shooting-ferguson/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3145342/st-louis-shooting-ferguson/","name":"St. Louis Cops Shoot and Kill Man in Incident Near Ferguson"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Missouri Unrest Resemble Pages Straight Out Of History","description":"Frustration in Ferguson County after the shooting of a black teen has led to unrest. And the roots of anger are similar to those in the past.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/sBX7uelI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-14T15:14:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/sBX7uelI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3145342/st-louis-shooting-ferguson/","duration":"PT1M41S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3145342/st-louis-shooting-ferguson/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```