ST. LOUIS — A man tried to rob a St. Louis police officer, who was off duty, early Friday morning near downtown.
At around 3:45 a.m., the 46-year-old officer was working security in the area of North 10th Street and Convention Plaza. He was in an unmarked security vehicle and was in “plain” clothes with a ballistic vest with the word “police” on the front, according to a police report.
The suspect, who was in his early 20s, was armed with a gun when he approached the officer’s car and tried to open the driver’s side door. When the suspect saw the officer’s vest, he ran to a silver sedan and got into the passenger’s seat. The silver sedan fled the area.
The officer was not injured during the incident.
