Sergeant Michael King was shot and killed as he sat in his patrol car at the intersection of Leland Avenue and Delmar Boulevard. A known criminal approached his vehicle on foot and opened fire without warning, fatally wounding Sergeant King.

The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle but was later apprehended.

Sergeant King, a graduate of Washington University, had served with the agency for 25 years. He is survived by his wife of twenty-three years.