| 1 | A STATE of emergency has been declared in the US city of St Louis after several people were shot following the anniversary of the killing of black teenager Michael Brown. |
| 2 | US police have shot and critically wounded a man who opened fire at them after a protest in Ferguson. |
| 3 | Battlefield ... Police stand over a man with gunshot wounds lying in a parking lot after an alleged shoot out with police along West Florissant Street, Ferguson, during a demonstration to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown. |
| 4 | A STATE of emergency has been declared in the US city of St Louis after several people were shot after a march marking the anniversary of the killing of black teenager Michael Brown. |
| 5 | St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger issued the order in a move that authorises county Police Chief Jon Belmar to take control of police emergency management in and around Ferguson. |
| 6 | Several shots rang out late last night on West Florissant Avenue. |
| 7 | Police shot and critically wounded one suspect, 18-year-old Tyrone Harris Jr. - a friend of Michael Brown, the black, unarmed 18-year-old whose killing by a white Ferguson police officer touched off the "Black Lives Matter" movement. |
| 8 | Police allege Harris had shot through the windshield of an unmarked police van with four plainclothes officers inside. |
| 9 | The officers were not injured. |
| 10 | Harris' father says he believes that his son was unarmed, and he called the police version "a bunch of lies." |
| 11 | He said his son was unarmed and had been drawn into a dispute involving two groups of young people. |
| 12 | Belmar has not said what steps he will take to preserve order after violence broke out during protests on the anniversary of the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. |
| 13 | Yesterday, another reported shooting drew officers to an apartment building in the area. |
| 14 | On the march ... Demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown. |
| 15 | Two males told police they were targeted in a drive-by shooting near the memorial to Brown outside Canfield Apartments. |
| 16 | A 17-year-old was shot in the chest and shoulder while a 19-year-old was shot in the chest, but their injuries were not life-threatening, the St. Louis County Police said in a news release. |
| 17 | Separately, police said a 17-year-old suspect has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon and one count of resisting arrest after he fired shots near the protesters late Sunday. |
| 18 | He is being held on $100,000 bond. |
| 19 | St. Louis County prosecutors last night announced 10 charges against Harris - five counts of armed criminal action, four counts of first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer and a firearms charge. |
| 20 | All 10 are felonies. |
| 21 | Race riots ... Police stand guard outside a hair salon which was looted during a demonstration to mark the first anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. |
| 22 | It was not immediately clear if the latest police shooting of a black suspect would spur renewed unrest in Ferguson, the site of many protests - some violent - in the aftermath of Brown's death on Aug. 9 last year. |
| 23 | Protest groups were quick to criticise the police response to protesters who gathered yesterday along West Florissant Avenue. |
| 24 | The anniversary of Brown's killing, which cast greater scrutiny on how police interact with black communities, has sparked days of renewed protests, though until Sunday they had been peaceful and without any arrests. |
| 25 | St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said at a news conference that officers had been tracking the suspect, who they believed was armed. |
| 26 | TOPSHOTS Demonstrators participate in a protest march on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2015. |
| 27 | A day of peaceful remembrance marking the anniversary of 18-year-old black teen Michael Brown's killing by police in the US city of Ferguson came to a violent end on August 9 as gunfire left at least one protester injured. |
| 28 | At the height of what was already a rowdy protest in which rocks and bottles were thrown at officers, gunshots rang out from the area near a strip of stores, including some that had been looted. |
| 29 | Belmar believes the shots came from about six different shooters. |
| 30 | It was not clear what prompted the exchange, but Belmar said the groups had been feuding. |
| 31 | At one point, the suspect crossed the street and apparently spotted the plainclothes officers arriving in an unmarked van with distinctive red and blue police lights, Belmar said. |
| 32 | He alleged the suspect shot into the hood and windshield. |
| 33 | The officers fired back at him from inside the vehicle and then pursued him on foot when he ran. |
| 34 | The suspect fired on officers again after he became trapped in a fenced-in area, the chief said, and all four officers fired back. |
| 35 | He was struck and fell, Belmar said. |
| 36 | The suspect was taken to a hospital, where Belmar said he was in "critical, unstable" condition. |
| 37 | Tyrone Harris Sr. told The Associated Press his son was a close friend of Michael Brown and was in Ferguson on Sunday night to pay respects. |
| 38 | Angry voices ... Demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the day Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer. |
| 39 | His death sparked months of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson and drew nationwide focus on police treatment of black offenders. |
| 40 | Harris said his son got caught up in a dispute among two groups of young people and was "running for his life" after gunfire broke out. |
| 41 | He said his son had no weapons. |
| 42 | "My son was running to the police to ask for help, and he was shot," he said. |
| 43 | "It's all a bunch of lies ... They're making my son look like a criminal." |
| 44 | The father said he spoke with two girls who were with his son. |
| 45 | The suspect had a semiautomatic 9mm gun that was stolen last year from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Belmar said. |
| 46 | None of the officers was seriously injured. |
| 47 | All four have been put on administrative leave, which is standard procedure. |
| 48 | They were not wearing body cameras, Belmar said. |
| 49 | The shooting happened around 11:15pm. |
| 50 | Sunday, sending protesters and reporters running for cover. |
| 51 | No surrender ... There are reports that two people were shot when gun fire broke after protest marking the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. |
| 52 | Belmar waved off any notion that the people with the weapons were part of the protest. |
| 53 | "They were criminals. They weren't protesters," he said. |
| 54 | Some protest groups were critical of police. |
| 55 | "It was a poor decision to use plainclothes officers in a protest setting because it made it difficult for people to identify police officers, which is essential to the safety of community members," Kayla Reed, a field organiser with the Organization of Black Struggle, said in a statement. |