St. Louis officer charged after deadly game with revolver

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Jim Salter, Associated Press
Updated 8:24 pm CST, Friday, January 25, 2019



This undated photo released by the St. Louis Police Department shows officer Katlyn Alix. St. Louis police say an officer "mishandled" a gun and accidentally shot and killed Alix early Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, at an officer's home. On Friday, Jan. 25, 2019 officer Nathaniel Hendren, 29, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Alix, a 24-year-old military veteran. (St. Louis Police Department via AP)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A male St. Louis police officer was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a female officer during what was described as a deadly game with a revolver.

Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced the charge against Nathaniel Hendren, 29, in the death of 24-year-old Katlyn Alix, as they allegedly played a game in which a revolver's cylinder was emptied, one bullet put back and the two colleagues took turns pointing at each other and pulling the trigger.

Alix was with two male officers at an apartment when she was killed just before 1 a.m. Thursday . A probable cause statement from police, provided by Gardner's office, offered a chilling account of the dangerous game that led to her death.

The probable cause statement said Alix and Hendren were playing with guns when Hendren produced a revolver.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/St-Louis-officer-charged-in-shooting-death-of-13562771.php#item-85307-tbla-2

[dalton99a]

1. Likely story

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

2. No Yahtzee or Risk Board Games around?

Jee-sus Christ on a cracker.

[dalton99a]

3. Nope, no other form of entertainment was available.

[ornotna]

5. I'm sure we won't hear the whole story

https://heavy.com/news/2019/01/katlyn-alix-katelyn/

According to the probable cause statement, “The defendant’s partner was also present. He advised that he told the defendant and victim that they shouldn’t be playing with guns and that they were police officers. He felt uncomfortable with them playing with guns and didn’t want to have any part of it and he started to leave. As he left the room but before leaving the apartment he heard a shot. He went back into the room and saw that the victim had been shot in the chest.”

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

7. Right......

He was leaving the apt w another man and his girlfriend playing a 'gun game' where his buddy was aiming a loaded gun at his girlfriend. BULL FUCKING SHIT.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

17. +1

[MicaelS]

19. I believe you assumption about here being his girlfriend are incorrect.

"Partner" in Law Enforcement terms means one's WORKING partner, AKA daily co-worker you ride with every day.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

20. I stand corrected on the relationship. Although, just bc it's his "partner" sure doesn't

preclude them from being lovers. Minor point I guess.

[Devil Child]

6. More like cop murders cop and crafts bullshit excuse in desperate attempt to walk

Russian roulette my ass.

[Mc Mike]

8. The official story stinks.

Again.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

9. Putins new American "Russian Roulette". Americans aim at each other.

[Judi Lynn]

15. Make that "Freedom Roulette." n/t

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

16. Nice...

You know? It's hard to imagine that police personal unaccountability is so pervasive that we are asked to believe that three trained law enforcement officers, were playing a game where they load a gun and aim it at each other, and pull the trigger. What does this say for accountablity of the folks making deadly force decisions everyday? If it was as described, how could 3 police officers be so sad, angry, depressed, high that nobody at the police dept. intervened to rescue them? Friends don't let friends destroy their lives.
This doesn't pass the smell test.
It's a hard job, but, a big part of why it's hard is because it requires honesty and integrity as a human being. Self-control being a bedrock requirement. Police Officers get paid pretty good money, unionized, and most still have pensions and healthcare. Sad to see these types of stories. I wonder if drugs taken from an arrest had anything to do with the madness that happened right then? Wtf is going on here?

[truthisfreedom]

10. Murder or Darwin Award?

[obamanut2012]

11. Bull -- they murdered her

Probably for refusing to be date raped or something.

Then they colluded and covered up.

RIP Alix.

[ROB-ROX]

12. NORMAL POLICE "CON" STORY

So "trained" people are "playing" with a weapon. One person is "shot" in the chest just like these people are "trained" to do when they want to "kill" a person. This story is a story with ZERO truth. Those two cops should be in prison for murder. A simple gun power test would provide who shot who? I do not think this was done since they were all in DAMAGE CONTROL mode. DAMN POLICE CRIMINALS.............

[rocktivity]

13. I thought the object of the game of Russian roulette was to avoid shooting YOURSELF.

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Are we to believe that the cops made a game of taking shots AT EACH OTHER with a bullet in the chamber -- and while two of them were at the home of one of them when they were still on duty?


rocktivity

[jb5150]

14. If only there had been ...

a good guy with a gun .... oh wait.

[MineralMan]

18. There's a dark, sordid story behind this, I'm absolutely certain.

In that game, one or the other participant will die. It's a suicidal game. There was a reason they were playing such a deadly game. We may never know what that reason was, but it's bound to have been a sad, dismal story.

[The Truth Is Here]

21. Who the hell thought Russian Roulette was a good idea?

Darwin Award winner (the dead guy)....