State briefs 07/13/2015

St. Louis cop shoots, wounds armed teen

ST. LOUIS -- Police say a St. Louis officer shot and wounded a 16-year-old who ran toward the officer with a gun. The teen sustained a serious wound to his stomach and was taken to a hospital. The teen also was struck Saturday in the arm, and his head was grazed. Police Chief Sam Dotson says officers responded to a housing complex after a woman reported she saw someone she suspected of stealing her .40-caliber pistol. The chief says two young people ran from a group of officers before encountering more officers. Dotson says one of the officers saw a gun in the teen's hand and fired because he "believed the gun was pointed at him" and "feared for his safety."

Former firefighter sentenced for arson

FARMINGTON, Mo. -- A former firefighter accused in a 2013 string of arson fires was sentenced to five years of probation. David Radford, 22, of Park Hills has pleaded guilty in St. Francois County to a charge of attempted arson. He must complete 240 hours of community service at the courthouse. Investigators say Radford tried to set fire to a Park Hills house and waited in a car while another firefighter set another fire.

Kentucky man hit, killed by train

WEST PLAINS, Mo. -- Authorities identified a man struck and killed by a freight train in southern Missouri as a 28-year-old Kentucky man. John Meade was killed about 1:50 a.m. Saturday near a crossing. Crews sounded the train's horn several times, but the victim did not get off the tracks.

-- From wire reports