“According to information documented in the call notes and provided to responding officers, the subject had forced entry into the occupied residence by ‘punching his way inside,’” the Normandy Police Department said in a statement from Chief Tameika Sanders posted to Facebook Wednesday.
The circumstances surrounding what happened immediately after Jordan entered the residence remain part of the ongoing investigation. However, police confirmed that the burglary call quickly became a shooting investigation.
“As officers responded to the burglary-in-progress, the incident was subsequently updated to a shooting.”
When officers entered the residence, they found Jordan suffering from several gunshot wounds.
“Upon arrival, officers located the male subject inside the residence suffering from multiple gunshot wounds,” the statement continued.
Police said officers immediately attempted to save his life before transporting him to a nearby hospital.
“Officers immediately initiated life-saving measures and the male was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.”
The circumstances preceding the alleged break-in add another layer to the case.
Jordan had reportedly been told to leave the property earlier in the day following an unidentified incident. Authorities said he later returned to the residence, this time allegedly armed with what appeared to be an Uzi-style submachine gun.
Police reportedly obtained video footage that appeared to show Jordan carrying the weapon. That footage could become an important piece of evidence as investigators work to establish precisely what happened before the fatal shooting.
The reported appearance of an Uzi has also drawn attention because of the weapon’s distinctive history and the extensive federal restrictions surrounding fully automatic firearms in the United States.
The Uzi is an Israeli-designed family of compact 9×19mm Parabellum firearms that began as a military submachine gun created by Uziel Gal, a German-Jewish engineer who served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces, who needed a simple, inexpensive, domestically produced personal weapon that could be manufactured with limited industrial capacity.
Over the decades, the name “Uzi” became widely recognized in popular culture, but the legal status of different versions of the firearm in the United States is considerably more complicated than its Hollywood image might suggest.
Fully automatic Uzis have been tightly restricted in the U.S. under the National Firearms Act of1934, with civilian transfers of newly made machine guns banned after May 1986.
That distinction is important because federal law treats machine guns differently from semiautomatic firearms. The exact firearm allegedly possessed by Jordan will therefore be a significant detail for investigators as they continue examining the case.
The Uzi also became part of the broader national debate over so-called assault weapons and semiautomatic firearms decades ago.
In 1989, the George H. W. Bush administration banned imports of semiautomatic versions of the Uzi following a shooting at a Stockton, California, day care center. The Uzi was among the modern semiautomatic firearms banned in 1994.
For now, the central issue in Normandy is not the weapon’s controversial history but what happened inside the Missouri residence on August 13.
Police say Jordan was inside an occupied home after allegedly forcing his way in. He was subsequently found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and later died at a hospital.
Authorities have not publicly provided a complete account of the events that led to the shooting, including who fired the shots or what actions immediately preceded the gunfire.
Those unanswered questions are likely to remain central to the investigation.
The case also serves as a stark reminder of how quickly an alleged property crime can escalate when an occupied home is breached. What began as a reported burglary ultimately resulted in a deadly shooting and a police investigation into the events surrounding Jordan’s death.
Investigators will now have to piece together witness accounts, video evidence, physical evidence and the circumstances surrounding Jordan’s reported return to the property.
Until authorities release additional findings, key details—including the precise sequence of events inside the residence—remain under investigation.
