3 men beat security guard who told them to wear masks at gas station, MO cops say
A security guard in St. Louis was beaten early Saturday after he told three men they had to put on face masks to enter a Shell gas station, Missouri police say.
Three men tried to enter a Shell gas station around 2:30 a.m. without wearing masks, according to police documents.
When the security guard told the men they weren’t allowed inside without face coverings, they refused to put on masks and left the store, police said.
Not long after, they opened the exit door and started “taunting” the security guard, police said. The security guard told the men to leave, but they surrounded him and started punching him in the head and face, according to police.
One of the men grabbed the security guard’s baton from his hip and used it to hit him several times, police said.
The guard then “drew his firearm from his holster” and shot at the men, causing them to run, according to police. When police arrived, they found the security guard, 47, with several injuries to his head. The guard told police that one of the men was hit by a bullet.
During an investigation, police learned a 27-year-old man had been dropped off at a local hospital with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
He’s listed in critical but stable condition, police said.
The investigation is ongoing.
