Man charged after police chase leads to officer-involved shooting in Jennings

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - St. Louis County Police are leading the investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Jennings.

Investigators said it began last night with a police chase by St. Louis Metropolitan Police SWAT Officers in St. Louis City that ended in Jennings, near the intersection of McLaran Avenue and Main Street.

Officers said the suspect fled from the car after it became inoperable. Then police claim the suspect, Sean Gathing, 19, from Florissant, then flourished a gun at officers.

A St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer then shot Gathing at least one time. Gathing was taken into custody and treated at an area hospital, where he is in critical condition.

Gathling is charged with one count of first-degree assault, one count of armed criminal action and one count of resisting arrest by fleeing. He is being held on a $100,000 cash-only bond.

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