ST. LOUIS – A longtime firefighter with the St. Louis Fire Department is facing a felony weapons charge for firing his gun into the ground during a recent dispute.
Court documents reveal 17-year department veteran Christopher Dandridge is charged with unlawful use of a weapon, a Class E felony, after police say he confronted a group of people walking in his community and then fired a gun into the ground.
The incident occurred on the morning of Oct. 28 at an apartment complex off of North Theresa Avenue in the Grand Center neighborhood of St. Louis.
The probable cause statement reads as follows:
“The facts supporting this belief are as follows: We were advised by the victims that they were walking through an apartment complex when a man later self-admitted as the defendant approached them and asked them if they lived there. When they replied no, he went into an apartment, came out with a pistol, asked if they were scared now, and fired a shot into the ground. When the defendant was apprehended, he admitted his conduct.”