a convicted murderer Who Shot a Retired St. Louis Police Captain He was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday during a night of looting and unrest in 2020.
Stephen Cannon, convicted of the murder of David Dorn, received a mandatory life sentence on top of another 30 years for other crimes he was convicted last July.
Dorn, 77, tries to stop the chaos at this friend’s pawn shop in downtown Missouri on June 2, 2020 As violence was mixed with raging racial justice protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
As Dorn approached business, 26-year-old Cannon fired ten shots at him.
His tragic death attracted nationwide attention, including comments from then-President Donald Trump.
“He was murdered by the same kind of gentleman my father tried to set an example for his whole life,” one of his daughters, Lisa Dorn, said in court, according to St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
“Our father was a good cop, but more importantly, he was a good man.”
Cannon refused to shoot Dorne on Wednesday, even as he apologized to the family for his loss.
His defense team planned to appeal.
As the newspaper reports, prosecutors presented evidence, including surveillance footage, witness testimony and a Facebook livestream that showed Dorne dying on the sidewalk, then in July giving Cannon a first-degree murder, robbery, He was convicted on three counts of theft and armed criminal action.
The defense argued that there was a lack of physical evidence and claimed that a top witness was not credible to prosecutors.
Dorne was shot the same night, four other officers were shot, while other cops were hit with rocks and fireworks as dozens of businesses were looted.
Dorn served with the St. Louis Police for 38 years before retiring in 2007.
His family said they were happy to see “justice delivered,” the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Dorn’s son Brian Powell reportedly told Canon during the hearing, “I hope you change that.” “You have time, young man.”
post with wires