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| Ferguson unrest: Two shot near where Michael Brown died, after teenager left fighting for life following police gunfight | Ferguson unrest: Two shot near where Michael Brown died, after teenager left fighting for life following police gunfight |
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| Two teenagers have been shot near the spot where Michael Brown died last year, hours after a teenager was left fighting for his life following a gunfight with police. | Two teenagers have been shot near the spot where Michael Brown died last year, hours after a teenager was left fighting for his life following a gunfight with police. |
| A 17-year-old and a 19-year-old were shot at the Canfield Apartment complex at around 2am, where white police officer Darren Wilson fatally shot unarmed black teenager Michael Brown on 9 August 2014. | |
| The younger teenager was hit in the chest and shoulder area, and the 19-year-old suffered a wound to his chest, St Louis County police officer Shawn McGuire said in a statement. | The younger teenager was hit in the chest and shoulder area, and the 19-year-old suffered a wound to his chest, St Louis County police officer Shawn McGuire said in a statement. |
| The victims told police officers they were walking by the memorial for Brown when a vehicle drove past and an African American male in a red hoodie started shooting at them. | The victims told police officers they were walking by the memorial for Brown when a vehicle drove past and an African American male in a red hoodie started shooting at them. |
| The pair were rushed to hospital and are being treated for non-life threatening injures. | The pair were rushed to hospital and are being treated for non-life threatening injures. |
| Around two hours before, Tyrone Harris, 18, was shot after he became engaged in a gunfight with St Louis County police, the department chief Jon Belmar told a press conference. | Around two hours before, Tyrone Harris, 18, was shot after he became engaged in a gunfight with St Louis County police, the department chief Jon Belmar told a press conference. |
| The teenager has since received emergency surgery at a local hospital. | The teenager has since received emergency surgery at a local hospital. |
| Belmar told reporters that two small groups were engaged in a shooting outside the protest at West Florissant square. | Belmar told reporters that two small groups were engaged in a shooting outside the protest at West Florissant square. |
| Without formally naming Harris as the victim, he said that a man walked from the gunfight towards police, and fired on four plain-clothed officers sitting in an unmarked car. | Without formally naming Harris as the victim, he said that a man walked from the gunfight towards police, and fired on four plain-clothed officers sitting in an unmarked car. |
| The incident culminated in the four police officers – who were not wearing body cameras – shooting the man. | The incident culminated in the four police officers – who were not wearing body cameras – shooting the man. |
| Harris was then rushed to hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery. | Harris was then rushed to hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery. |
| “They were criminals. They weren't protesters. There is a small group of people out there that are intent on making sure that we don't have peace that prevail," Belmar told reporters. | “They were criminals. They weren't protesters. There is a small group of people out there that are intent on making sure that we don't have peace that prevail," Belmar told reporters. |
| But Harris' father told the St Louis Post-Dispatch: “We think there's a lot more to this than what's being said.” | But Harris' father told the St Louis Post-Dispatch: “We think there's a lot more to this than what's being said.” |
| ”We can't sustain this as a community,“ he said. | ”We can't sustain this as a community,“ he said. |
| Additional reporting by AP | Additional reporting by AP |