Stupid Criminal Dies near St. Louis

Another police shooting of a young man near St. Louis, and already the conspiracy nutjobs are coming out in force, claiming that this criminal, who has a long history of using firearms to commit crimes, didn't have one on him that night.  They say the police planted the firearm.  The pistol in the picture was a Hi-Point semi-automatic.  No policeman will carry around that fugly thing that weighs as much as a brick just to plant it at a crime scene.  Those Hi-Points are the favorite of the poor criminal class because they are cheap.