Police shoot gunman who opened fire near Ferguson anniversary protest
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ST. LOUIS — A day of remembrance for Michael Brown, Jr. quickly turned violent late Sunday when police shot a man they said opened fire on them in Ferguson, Missouri close to where demonstrators gathered.
St. Louis County police Chief Jon Belmar said the suspect, who officials had not identified, is hospitalized in “critical and unstable” condition.
Belmar said the man, who he estimated to be about 20, was not a part of the civil rights demonstrations, which drew several hundred protesters to the streets of Ferguson Sunday evening. Instead, Belmar said, the man was among a group of suspected looters who later got into a gun battle with another person and possibly others… >
Man in critical condition after being shot by police in Ferguson
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/10/ferguson-protest-shooting/31397841/
FERGUSON, Mo. — A man was in a critical condition Monday after exchanging gunfire with police during protests marking the one-year anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer.
St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told reporters the suspect is in a critical, unstable condition in a local hospital and undergoing surgery.
Speaking at a news conference, he said the shooting occurred after plainclothes detectives monitored an individual in the crowd who they believed was armed, and who was believed to have three or four possible armed acquaintances.
An earlier shootout broke out between two groups and the suspect ran away and was spotted by police detectives in an unmarked vehicle, which began driving toward him with the emergency lights activated. He fired on the vehicle, hitting it a number of times. The four detectives left the vehicle and exchanged gunfire with the man, and the suspect was shot multiple times, police said… >
