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Ferguson shooting: gunfire heard during anniversary rally Ferguson anniversary rally: police shoot person after coming under fire
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A demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri, to mark a year since the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown has been disrupted by gunfire. Police shot a person in Ferguson, Missouri, on Sunday night after coming under fire near a demonstration marking the anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by an officer last year.
Shots rang out in the vicinity of West Florissant Avenue just after 11.15pm on Sunday. It was unclear where the shots came from. It wasn’t immediately clear whether anyone was hit.
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St Louis County Police said one of its officers came under “heavy gunfire”. Shawn McGwire of St Louis County Police said in an email an officer from the department shot a person “after officers came under heavy gunfire”. The condition of the person shot was not confirmed. Minutes after the shots were heard, an Associated Press photographer saw a man lying face down, covered in blood, behind a boarded-up restaurant. It wasn’t immediately clear how badly the man was injured.
(1/2) A St. Louis County officer was involved in an officer-involved shooting after comin g under heavy gunfire. pic.twitter.com/L4PqopaEF1 Police officials said two unmarked police cars came under fire during the gunfight. They posted images of cars with bullet holes in their windows to Twitter.
Protesters who had gathered in the street scattered, hiding behind cars and taking cover in buildings.
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A police helicopter appeared overhead, shining a spotlight down on the street. Dozens of police cars and an armored vehicle converged on the area. A young black man was seen lying wounded and handcuffed on the groundbeside two officers after chaotic scenes on West Florissant Avenue, where dozens had gathered to protest the death last year of Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old. It was not immediately clear if he was the person struck by police.
St Louis County Police posted on Twitter that multiple shots were fired and asked people to leave the area. A spokesman for the department didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Several bursts of gunfire rang out at about 11.15pm about a block north of where protesters were squaring off with officers clad in riot gear for the first time during the largely peaceful anniversary weekend. Police, reporters and protesters gathered behind vehicles while others scattered.
Sunday marks the one year anniversary of the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson. (1/2) A St. Louis County officer was involved in an officer-involved shooting after comin g under heavy gunfire. pic.twitter.com/L4PqopaEF1
A few lootings were reported through the night and windows to some store fronts were smashed. Paul Hampel, a reporter for the St Louis Post-Dispatch, was assaulted and robbed by looters minutes after reporting on their actions on Twitter.
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Associated Press contributed to this report