{"id":6630,"date":"2026-11-08T06:19:55","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T12:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/man-charged-after-gunfire-with-jefferson-county-deputies\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T06:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T12:19:57","slug":"man-charged-after-gunfire-with-jefferson-county-deputies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/man-charged-after-gunfire-with-jefferson-county-deputies\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Charged After Gunfire With Jefferson County Deputies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 November 8, 2026 (STL.News) A 36-year-old man faces eight criminal charges after authorities say he fired shots at Jefferson County sheriff\u2019s deputies during a foot pursuit in south St. Louis on Friday night, November 6, 2026, following a vehicle chase that began outside the city. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) identified the suspect as Denzell Reed, who was arrested after officers pursued him through a residential area near Pennsylvania Avenue. One Jefferson County deputy returned fire during the confrontation, but neither Reed nor any of the deputies was injured. <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/x3O_9QqlcNI\/maxresdefault.webp)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charges filed against man who exchanged gunfire with Jefferson County deputies and fled to St. Louis\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x3O_9QqlcNI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> Play The St.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/man-charged-after-gunfire-jefferson-county-deputies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 November 8, 2026 (STL.News) A 36-year-old man faces eight criminal charges after authorities say he fired shots at Jefferson County sheriff\u2019s deputies during a foot pursuit in south St. Louis on Friday night, November 6, 2026,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6632,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6630\/revisions\/6632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}