
A St. Louis police officer who gunned down a robbery suspect in January won't face charges, Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce announced today.
The officer, identified by police as Sgt. Michael Pratt, acted in self-defense when he shot Crayton West in the doorway of a south city KFC restaurant, prosecutors concluded.
"In a case like this, where a person loses his life, there are no winners," Joyce said in a statement.…