Missouri governor picks ex-federal prosecutor to replace Kim Gardner as St. Louis circuit attorney
st. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Friday named Gabe Gore, a former assistant US attorney, as the new chief prosecutor in St. Louis, three days after Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s sudden departure.
Gore is a partner in the St. Louis law firm Dowd Bennett, served on the Ferguson Commission formed to examine the region’s policing and courts after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014, and previously worked in the US Attorney’s Office in St. Louis. The Black clergy and others had urged Parson to appoint a Black person to the role, and Gore
