St. Louis LEO sues city after being shot by colleague
By: Erin Herffernan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis police officer who was shot while off duty by a fellow cop in 2017 filed a federal lawsuit Monday, alleging abuse by his own department and offering new details of the controversial shooting.
Officer Milton Green filed suit in U.S. District Court in St. Louis two years after he was shot on June 21, 2017, outside his home in the city’s North Pointe neighborhood while officers were searching for suspects. The shooter, identified as Officer Christopher Tanner, and the city of St. Louis are named as defendants.
Court documents lay out Green’s account of the shooting and, according to the suit, a lack of support from the department in the two years since. Police declined to comment.
