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David Dorn

Case from Saint-louis, MO dated Jun 02, 2020

Victim Details

David Dorn

Male

Black / African American

Saint-louis

MO

2020-06-02

77

David

Dorn

07/06/2026

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On the night of June 2, 2020, amidst a backdrop of civil unrest and rioting in St. Louis, Missouri, 77-year-old David Dorn, a Black male and retired police captain, responded to a burglar alarm at Lee's Pawn & Jewelry. Dorn, who had served 38 years with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and later as the police chief of Moline Acres, was a close friend of the pawn shop's owner and often checked on the business when alarms were triggered. Upon arriving at the scene on Martin Luther King ...
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  • Two men charged in connection with death of retired St. Louis officer during looting
  • KMOV.com: Man charged in 'tragic murder' of retired St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn
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    I recently came across an aspect of David Dorn's case that really intrigued me—how pivotal the sur... ...Read More
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    I can't stop thinking about the surveillance footage that the police released from Lee's Pawn and Je... ...Read More
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