Joshua Hackman, Allegedly Points Gun at Police, Gets Shot and Charged with Trafficking in Drugs

By Paul Friswold Fri., Jul. 13 2012 at 2:36 PM

Joshua Hackman's mug shot from 2010.

Police officers were in the 4500 block of Davison Avenue in the Walnut Park East neighborhood around 7 p.m. Thursday night when they spotted a suspicious character and attempted to talk with him. The suspect ran, and the police gave chase on foot. One officer saw him throw a bag of something on the ground, which the officer then sought. The second officer maintained pursuit, while the suspect drew a semi-automatic pistol, according the police incident summary.

The officer ordered him to drop his gun, an order the suspect refused. Instead, he pointed his gun at the officer, at which point the officer fired his own gun, dropping the suspect with critical injuries.

This afternoon, police identified the suspect as Joshua Hackman, a 23-year-old black man. Laboratory tests determined that the bag Hackman allegedly threw away contained more than two grams of cocaine base. St. Louis City Circuit Attorneys today filed charges against Hackman of one count of trafficking in drugs/attempting to traffic in drugs, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm, and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon.

Hackman has prior convictions for fraudulent use of a credit or debit device (2009), first-degree burglary (2009), stealing motor fuel (2009) and first-degree robbery (2010). He remains in the hospital with critical injuries.

The officer who shot Hackman has been placed on paid administrative leave while the shooting is investigated, which is standard procedure in an officer-involved shooting.

Tags:

charges filed, Joshua Hackman, police shooting, Walnut Park East

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MsArkansas

Be careful the grave you dig might be the one you fall in

chunt

they all have syndrome similar to penile envy. a real man doesnt need a gun to prove his "manliness". honesty and integrity go a long, long way.

Raysis_Gunn

The gun Josh had was "raysis" and fired so as to frame Josh and destroy his good image in the community.

Prolly

Don't blame Josh. Blame the gun Josh was holding. The gun is the criminal here, Josh is a good guy. For all we know a raysis honkee bichass cracka prolly put a gun in Josh's hand to frame him.

That_one

Stay strong josh prayers go out to you you have always been such a sweet caring person an you didn't deserve this people make mistakes but you def don't deserve this hang in there you have so many people praying for you an that care

Badriahe

Bitch watch how the hell you respond to something you know so little about hoe! There is a such thing as corrupt lying racist ass justice system...guess that would be the type of son YOU'D raise huh? Born stupid. Raised stupid. Die stupid. Bitch!

L-Bubble

Josh is a caring person with a big heart. I know you're going to pull out of this babe. I'm praying for you every day & not a second goes by that I'm not thinking of you. I love you J, wake up

Just deserves

All of his friends sound so educated. I'm sure he's a great guy. You people are pathetic!

Hates_Bitches

He's not dead but hopefully he will be soon because it's inevitable as a negro that he'll take one or more lives before the broken, corruput, joo dominated, justice system locks this 3rd world simian up for good.

Bitch

First of all u have no idea how he was raised. Yeah he made a mistake but you know nothing about the situation or him. And he isnt dead u dumb ass. Its people that talk like you do that makes society look bad.