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A crowd gathers near the scene on Shaw Boulevard where a man was fatally shot. Photograph: David Carson/AP

A crowd gathers near the scene on Shaw Boulevard where a man was fatally shot. Photograph: David Carson/AP

A crowd gathers near the scene in the 4100 block of Shaw Boulevard where a man was fatally shot by an off-duty St. Louis police officer on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. St. Louis Police Lt. Col. Alfred Adkins said the 32-year-old officer was working a secondary security job late Wednesday when the shooting happened. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson)