Teen shot by St. Louis police acquitted of assaulting officer

Sunday, September 29, 2002

CLAYTON, Mo. -- A teenager whose shooting by undercover St. Louis officers last year sparked claims of police brutality has been acquitted of charges he shot at officers who wounded him.

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