St. Louis Police quick to release security tape in Antonio Martin shooting

Wearing only a t-shirt in 40-degree weather, Antonio Martin’s mother rushed into the Mobil gas station where her son was shot and killed by a police officer in Berkeley, Missouri, early morning Dec. 23. Her 18-year-old son’s body still lay on the ground.

“I want to know what happened to my son,” Toni Martin said hysterically as she approached the crime scene. A police officer tried to usher her into the warmth of the backseat of a patrol car, but she declined. Someone handed her a sweater instead.

St. Louis County Police are investigating.  The department has already released a surveillance video from gas station’s cameras that allegedly “shows the suspect pointing a gun at the officer,” according to the description police put on the video.

Sergeant Brian Schellman said a police officer with the City of Berkeley Police Department was conducting a routine check at a Mobil gas station when he noticed two male subjects standing on the side of the building.  The officer reportedly exited his vehicle and approached the subjects, when one of the men pulled a handgun on him.