26-year-old man sentenced to life for the killing of retired St. Louis police captain during George Floyd protests

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A 26-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for killing a retired St. Louis police captain as he tried to stop a pawn shop from being looted during racial injustice protests two years ago.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the life term was mandatory after Stephan Cannon, of Glasgow Village, was convicted in July of first-degree murder in the death of 77-year-old David Dorn.

Cannon also was sentenced to an additional 30 years for robbery, burglary and three counts of armed criminal action.

Dorn, who was Black, was a friend of the pawn shop's owner. He showed up at the north St. Louis business as it was being ransacked on June 2, 2020.

His death drew attention nationwide because it occurred amid protests across the country in response to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.

Across St. Louis that night, Dorn and four officers were shot, authorities were pelted with rocks and fireworks, and 55 businesses were burglarized or damaged.

"Our father was a good cop, but more importantly, he was a good man," his daughter, Lisa Dorn, said to the court.

Cannon told the family he was "sorry for their loss" but denied being the shooter. His attorneys said they planned to appeal.

socialcommentary2000 on October 7th, 2022 at 01:44 UTC »

I saw the aftermath video of when this happened. It was tragic.

Shara184 on October 7th, 2022 at 00:08 UTC »

Man.... some of y'all need to learn to read an article before commenting on it

Admirable-Trouble-55 on October 6th, 2022 at 23:59 UTC »

The robbery was about a half mile from the protests at the time [edit - mapped it and it's a little over a mile]. It was a security guard at a pawn shop away from the action.