Police officer Daryl Hall was tragically killed as the result of gunshot injuries sustained while involved in an off-duty incident. He was 34 years old.
At around 2:38 a.m. police responded to an Officer Involved Shooting at 800 S. 4th Street, the parking lot of the Black Label Nightclub, where Officer Hall was a patron. According to witnesses, an altercation between other patrons inside the nightclub erupted and those patrons were escorted from the nightclub. Witnesses stated after the altercation was moved outside onto the parking lot, the suspect retrieved a handgun and began firing shots.
According to witnesses, when Officer Hall heard the gunshots, while still inside the nightclub, he went outside to investigate. Witnesses also stated, that Officer Hall observed the suspect firing a handgun and announced that he was a police officer and ordered the suspect to drop his weapon. The suspect refused and gunfire was exchanged between Officer Hall, the suspect and a person providing security for the nightclub.
Officer Hall suffered two gunshot wounds, one to the neck and one to the bicep. Officer Hall was transported to St. Louis University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 3:16 a.m.
The suspect, Asif Blake, a 30-year old black male of the 200 block of Chapel Ridge Drive in Hazelwood, Mo, was struck by gunfire multiple times and in various parts of the body. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene and his weapon was recovered at the scene.
Officer Hall joined the department in November of 2005 as a Civilian Recruit in Training. On July 13, 2006, he graduated from the St. Louis Police Academy as a commissioned St. Louis Police Officer.
