A St. Louis, Missouri, police officer was struck and killed by an illegal alien while clearing the scene of an earlier crash.
The tragedy unfolded Sunday morning on Interstate 70, as 18-year veteran officer David Lee, 44, helped collect traffic cones from a previous crash involving an off-duty firefighter.
According to St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Tracy, Lee “was behind his patrol car retrieving traffic cones for the original crash, a driver lost control of their vehicle, spun out and hit Lee.”
“Risking her own life, the off-duty Ferguson firefighter, rushed to help officer Lee, she got on his radio asking for help and an officer in need of aid call was dispatched,” Tracy described, according to KMOV.
Officer Lee was rushed to the hospital where he died while undergoing surgery for critical injuries.
In an update, KMOV revealed the 24-year-old driver who struck Officer Lee “is currently on probation for a previous domestic assault and DWI charge in St. Charles County.”
“Those same court records say police say he was living in the country illegally at the time of his last arrest,” said a KMOV reporter, adding they were refusing to name the suspect because charges haven’t been formally filed.
The man’s country of origin has not yet been revealed.
The officer’s death is being mourned by his fellow SLMPD officers and members of the community.
We are all mourning the tragic loss of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer David Lee.
— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) September 22, 2024
We invite the St. Louis community to pay respects at North Patrol as we honor Officer Lee. #SLMPD pic.twitter.com/XDQ1RSdAzU
Officer Lee’s untimely death comes as crimes committed in the US by illegal aliens have become a hot-button political topic mere weeks from the 2024 presidential election, with GOP nominee Donald Trump frequently highlighting the “migrant crime” wave impacting states inundated by illegal border crossings and sanctuary city policies.
Trump on the emerging threat of South American street gangs: "There's crime, there's violent crime, there's migrant crime. We have a new category of crime, it's called migrant crime." pic.twitter.com/hNJ7TT5zVr
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) February 21, 2024
Specifically, residents of Springfield, Ohio, a town flooded with over 20,000 Haitians, have complained over their new neighbors’ poor driving skills, with one mother lamenting the loss of a young boy after an illegal alien slammed into his school bus.
"Haitians are in the park grabbing ducks, cutting the heads off, and eating them"
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 8, 2024
Springfield resident to City Council: pic.twitter.com/aZLsOT8v2b
LISTEN TO THIS 🚨
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) September 18, 2024
Mother of 2 boys who were hit by illegal Haitian immigrant on their school bus in Springfield Ohio
She has medical bills piling up from their injuries, Ohio Attorney General Victims Compensation responded to her saying THEY WILL NOT BE COVERING their injuries… pic.twitter.com/OvdAy0eh5R
While the Trump campaign has given a voice to citizens affected by illegal migrant crime, the Kamala Harris presidential campaign – despite her role as “border czar” for the last 3-and-a-half years – is ignoring the issue, possibly to its own detriment.
H/t: TheGatewayPundit.com