Ferguson Protesters Take Advantage Of Cop-Involved Shooting In South St. Louis With Unrest Here we go again. We in St. Louis are getting really tired of this. Last evening at about 7:30 in the Shaw Neighborhood of the City of St. Louis, so named for being the area around the Missouri Botanical Garden or Shaws Garden, an off-duty St. Louis City cop who was working a second shift or security for a private firm with permission, shot and killed a suspect who physically threatened him according to reports. A simple narrative of the incident is posted on the KMOV website, the local CBS television affiliate: Authorities said the shooting occurred in the 4100 block of Shaw around 7:30 p.m. According to police, an off-duty police officer was patrolling for a private security company in the Shaw neighborhood. As he drove by the intersection of Klemm and Shaw, he noticed three men. Police said the men started to run and the officer chased after them. Authorities said the officer eventually got out of his car and followed a suspect through a gangway. St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said the three suspects then came back together before one of them approached the officer in an aggressive way. According to police, the officer commanded the suspect to stop, but police said he refused to stop. Police said the officer and suspect got into a physical altercation before the suspect ran. Police said the suspect then fired three shots at the officer before the officer returned fire. According to police, the suspect attempted to fire more shots, but the gun malfunctioned and jammed. In total, police said the officer fired 17 shots. Authorities later recovered the suspects 9 millimeter gun. The suspect is deceased and described as an 18-year-old African American male. As if answering a bell, the Ferguson protesters swarmed the neighborhood. Overnight there was unrest, the politically correct term for riots and mass destruction just because it can be done. In this case, every news outlet is reporting that many of the protesters who showed up, are the very same ones who protested not just in Ferguson, but at Busch Stadium during Cardinals playoff games, and downtown. In the Shaw Neighborhood last night, a beautifully restored section of the city with Victorian era architecture just south of what used to be no mans land and is now new housing where a lot of city cops live, the professional thugs broke windows and attacked police cars while the scene was being worked. In addition, this edition of protests spilled out onto Grand Avenue, which is close to Saint Louis University Hospital and Cardinal Glennon Childrens Hospital. Police closed much of Grand Avenue near I-44 late Wednesday night because they said protesters were walking into the street. As of 2 a.m. Wednesday, portions of Grand Avenue were still closed. According to anStLToday.com article, relatives of the suspect claim he was not armed, which is disputed by the account above and the statement from Police Chief Dotson quoted in the article itself. According to Gateway Pundit, there are already rumors being spread that the suspect was tased and then shot 16 times. The total number of rounds was actually 17, and this is the only place where tasing is mentioned. Gateway Pundit also warns that Ferguson is one thing, the city is something else. (This is true.) Other details from the StLToday piece: And the mob is calling this Michael Brown all over again repeating facts that are not facts and rumors via social media whipping up a frenzy. Under normal circumstances, the Shaw Neighborhood is very quiet and is frequented by many St. Louisans. As of today, word from the police wives is that they are back to twelve hour shifts as happens when there is unrest. Tensions are growing as the Ferguson protesters show up to any venue where they can disrupt the usual way of things and get attention for doing so. The region is becoming very divided along supporters of police and not, mostly second amendment supporters vs. liberal whackadoodles. And no one outside of St. Louis seems to get that Michael Brown/Darren Wilson is not settled yet because the grand jury isnt done and by Missouri state law, information cannot be released from the police or the court until they are finished. This shooting comes as plans are in the works to evacuate Ferguson in case of no indictment of Darren Wilson, the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson in north St. Louis County. National race riot agitators are now warning of massive unrest if the grand jury finds that there is not enough evidence to charge Wilson with a crime. Any crime. Tonight is the Blues home opener. With all luck, the weather may hold some of the unrest at bay as rain and thunderstorms are predicted. For more information on the local angle of the Ferguson protesters and their antics, see the Ferguson Scanner Update page on Facebook. 