A store clerk live streamed the death of a veteran cop on Facebook as he lay on the ground dying after responding to a call about a bad check where she worked.
Kashina Harper was working at Wellston Market in St. Louis, Missouri, when officer Michael Langsdorf responded to a call about someone paying with a bad check.
He was shot dead at the scene and the suspect fled.
Police now have Bonette Kymbrelle Meeks, 26, in custody and are charging him with the killing.
They say he tried to cash a bad check at the store and when Langsdorf arrived, the pair got into a fight.
Surveillance footage captured Meeks struggling with the cop then firing a single shot to the back of his head while he lay on the ground injured.
For two minutes before he was taken away from the scene in an ambulance, Harper filmed Langsdorf bleeding on the floor.
She broadcast it live on Facebook and has been inundated with abuse for doing so.
On Tuesday, the woman claimed she had already called for help when she started filming and that while she regrets it, she put her 'life on the line too'.
'I put my life on line too...I told the gunman do not shoot but he shot him anyway I ran from behind the counter, didn't even know if the gunman have (sic) left to help the police officer,' she said.
The incident happened at 4.30pm on Sunday.
When the cop arrived, Meeks wrestled with him until they were both on the floor.
Then, with the cop straddling him, Meeks got his gun out from his waistband and pistol-whipped the cop, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground.
He then stood over him and shot him in the back of the head, according to authorities.
Meeks has a lengthy criminal history that includes multiple drugs violations.
Harper's social media pages have been flooded with comments from disgusted critics.
'Unacceptable. If someone live streamed your friends or relatives death you’d be flipping out,' one person said.
Among comments criticizing her are vile death threats, telling her to 'burn in hell'.
Store clerk live streamed veteran cop dying on Facebook
Kashina Harper was working at Wellston Market in St. Louis, Missouri, when officer Michael Langsdorf responded to a call about someone paying with a bad check.
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