CARROLLTON, Mo. – Officers with the Carrollton Police Department were dispatched to the residence of David William Blair, 69, over a dog at large complaint on the evening of August 27, 2016. Once officers arrived in the 300 block of E. 3rd St. at approximately 10:15 p.m. police Sgt. Christopher Looney approached the Blair residence and confronted David Blair.
Sgt. Looney’s body cam footage of the incident can be found by clicking here. Warning viewer discretion is advised.
The footage released by the Carrollton Police Department shows the moments before and after the shooting. KMZU News has decided only to show the footage of the actual shooting, but not the aftermath out of respect for the Blair family and the officer involved.
KMZU’s original story with the probable cause statement and all related legal documents can be found by clicking here.
Prior to this encounter with law enforcement David Blair was on probation for two years after being found guilty of misdemeanor third-degree assault. Those records can be viewed on Missouri’s case net website, case number: 15CR-CR00073.
That conviction was related to a domestic disturbance from April 2015, in which David Blair admitted to firing a rifle at two individuals in a dispute over a woman. Blair was sentenced to two years in prison for the charges which was suspended and he was placed on two years probation.
Blair now faces charges related to the August 27 incident of Felony Assault on a Law Officer with a Deadly Weapon or Dangerous Instrument in the 2nd degree.