The Latest on Ferguson: Crowd at protest diminishing

1Police stand over a man with gunshot wounds lying in a parking lot after a shoot out with police along West Florissant Street during a demonstration to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
2The shooter is listed in critical condition in an area hospital.
3Police stand over a man with gunshot wounds lying in a parking lot...
4anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, march along West Florrisant Street in the driving rain on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
5anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, march along West...
6Demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, march along West Florrisant Street on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
7Demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of...
8Demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, protest along West Florrisant Street on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
9Demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, stage a die in along West Florrisant Street in a driving rain on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
10Demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, march along West Florrisant Street in a driving rain on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
11Police guard a strip mall along West Florrisant Street during a demonstration to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
12Police guard a strip mall along West Florrisant Street during a...
13Police take cover after a barrage of gunfire erupted along West Florrisant Street during a demonstration to mark the 1-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
14Police take cover after a barrage of gunfire erupted along West...
15People attend a memorial service to mark the anniversary of Michael Brown's death on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
16Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9, 2014.
17People attend a memorial service to mark the anniversary of Michael...
18People march from the Canfield Green Apartments in Ferguson where Michael Brown was killed following a memorial service marking the anniversary of his death on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
19People march from the Canfield Green Apartments in Ferguson where...
20There are reports that two people were shot when gun fire broke out during protests later in the evening.
21Demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, face off with police during a protest along West Florrisant Street on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
22A demonstrator, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, stops to take a selfie while protesting along West Florrisant Street on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
23A demonstrator, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of...
24Police take cover as a barrage of gunfire erupts along West Florrisant Street during a demonstration to mark the 1-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
25Police take cover as a barrage of gunfire erupts along West...
26Police take cover as a barrage of gunfire erupts along West Florrisant Street during a demonstration to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
27Activist Cornel West chats with people as he leaves the Canfield Green Apartments where Michael Brown was killed following a memorial service marking the anniversary of his death on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
28Activist Cornel West chats with people as he leaves the Canfield...
29Roses lie next to a plaque in the sidewalk which honors Michael Brown following a memorial service marking the anniversary of Brown's death on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
30Roses lie next to a plaque in the sidewalk which honors Michael...
31Children gathered outside the Canfield Green Apartments where Michael Brown was killed listen to speakers during a memorial service marking the anniversary of his death on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
32Children gathered outside the Canfield Green Apartments where...
33People gathered outside the Canfield Green Apartments where Michael Brown was killed listens to speakers during a memorial service marking the anniversary of his death on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
34People gathered outside the Canfield Green Apartments where Michael...
35Michael Brown Sr. comforts his wife Cal Brown during a moment of silence in the center of Canfield Street, where Michael Brown Jr. was killed, during a memorial service marking the anniversary of his death on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
36Brown Jr, was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9, 2014.
37Michael Brown Sr. comforts his wife Cal Brown during a moment of...
38Michael Brown Sr. (C-front) leads a march from the location where his son Michael Brown Jr. was shot and killed following a memorial service marking the anniversary of his death on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
39Michael Brown Sr. (C-front) leads a march from the location where...
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41Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol carries Quinn Edwards to help out Quinn's father Franky (R) during a nearly 5 mile march to mark the first anniversary of the death of Michael Brown on August 8, 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri.
42A young girl joins demonstrators marching from the location where Michael Brown was shot and killed to Normandy High School where he was a student to mark the first anniversary of his death on August 8, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
43A young girl joins demonstrators marching from the location where...
44Michael Brown Sr. leads a march from the location where his son Michael Brown Jr. was shot and killed to Normandy High School where his son was a student on August 8, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
45Michael Brown Sr. leads a march from the location where his son...
46Demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, block traffic during a protest along West Florrisant Street on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
47A man with a shotgun stands guard in front of a store as demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, protest along West Florrisant Street on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
48The store had been looted several times during rioting over the past year.
49A man with a shotgun stands guard in front of a store as...
50FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 07: A demonstrator holds American flags upside down as they protest in front of the police station to mark the first anniversary of the death of Michael Brown on August 7, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri.
51Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9, 2014.
52Brown's death sparked months of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson and drew nationwide focus on police treatment of black offenders.
53FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 07: A demonstrator holds American flags...
54Police patrol on Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo.
55Ferguson was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was punctuated with gunshots.
56St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar, left, and Highway Patrol Capt.
57Ronald Johnson confer, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo.
58St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar, left, and Highway Patrol...
59Officers move in to break up a crowd, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo.
60Officers move in to break up a crowd, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in...
61Officers arrest a protester, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo.
62Officers arrest a protester, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Ferguson,...
63Officers and protesters face off along West Florissant Avenue, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo.
64Officers and protesters face off along West Florissant Avenue,...
65Ferguson Interim Police Chief Andre Anderson, right, tries to calm the crowd after a shooting near a protest in Ferguson, Mo., Monday, Aug. 10, 2015.
66The one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death in Ferguson began with a march in his honor and ended with a protest that was interrupted by gunfire late Sunday night.
67Ferguson Interim Police Chief Andre Anderson, right, tries to calm...
68A crowd gathers along West Florissant Avenue, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo.
69A crowd gathers along West Florissant Avenue, Monday, Aug. 10,...
70FERGUSON, Mo.
71The crowd of protesters in Ferguson has significantly diminished along West Florissant Avenue.
72About 150 people were scattered along several blocks early Tuesday morning.
73The police presence was also scaled back.
74Officers who earlier had been in the street returned to their vehicles.
75Monday marks the fourth consecutive night of protests marking the anniversary of the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
76Gunfire and a police shooting during a demonstration the day before had set the St. Louis suburb on edge.
77Police had made at least a dozen arrests by early Tuesday morning, but no shots had been fired.
78Around midnight, a group of more than 50 protesters began marching down the middle of West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, defying orders from police to clear the roadway.
79Police formed a line across the width of the street to meet them, wearing riot shields, helmets and bullet-proof vests.
80As protesters approached the officers, some threw water bottles at them.
81Officers detained some protesters.
82Some people gathered on a curb urged those in the street to stop throwing things at police.
83Another person grabbed a barricade and tossed it into the middle of the street.
84The Aug. 9, 2014, killing of Brown, who was black and unarmed, by a white police officer sparked a national "Black Lives Matter" movement.
85Police have made nine arrests in Ferguson after protesters blocked a traffic lane on West Florissant Avenue.
86Officers with bullhorns directed protesters to clear the roadway, and others in riot gear forced people out of the street.
87Some demonstrators threw water bottles and other debris at officers.
88St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told The Associated Press: "They're not going to take the street tonight. That's not going to happen."
89Several people were handcuffed and put into vans.
90"What did I do?" one woman asked repeatedly.
91As officers were clearing the road, one officer fired pepper spray into a crowd of people, hitting an AP videojournalist.
92It wasn't immediately clear how many others were hit or why the pepper spray was used.
93A demonstration in the same location a night earlier was interrupted by gunfire.
94St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger has declared a state of emergency, authorizing Belmar to take control of police emergency management in and around Ferguson.
95A crowd of hundreds has gathered on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Missouri, some holding signs.
96Dozens of police officers and members of the media are also present.
97Chanting can be heard as the crowd marches down the street.
98But no apparent conflicts had arisen early Monday evening.
99A Washington Post reporter arrested while covering protests in Ferguson, Missouri, last year has been charged with trespassing and interfering with a police officer.
100The Post reports (http://wapo.st/1PhlL6W ) Monday that national desk reporter Wesley Lowery was ordered to appear in court in St. Louis County on charges of trespassing and interfering with a police officer.
101The summons, dated Aug. 6, orders him to appear on Aug. 24.
102Lowery and Ryan Reilly, a journalist with the Huffington Post, were handcuffed last August inside a fast food restaurant that reporters were using as a staging area while covering the Ferguson protests.
103Both tweeted about their arrests, detention and release without any charges.
104Reilly said Monday that he had not received a summons but expects to be charged, The Post reported.
105About 50 protesters have been arrested after blocking the entrance to a St. Louis federal courthouse while calling for more aggressive U.S. government response to what they call racist law enforcement practices.
106The arrests of scholar and civil rights activist Cornel West and the few dozen others were part of what's been billed as a national day of civil disobedience.
107They come a day after the one-year observance of the Ferguson police shooting death of Michael Brown, and police shooting there Sunday night that wounded another black 18-year-old, who police say fired on officers during nighttime protests.
108Monday's arrests came after a roughly mile-long march from a St. Louis church to the Eagleton courthouse.
109That's where marchers demanded federal action to stop what policing they say targets minorities.
110The protesters then scaled a waist-high barricade, staging a sit-in before advancing past police to the entrances.
111St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger has issued a state of emergency, a move that authorizes county Police Chief Jon Belmar to take control of police emergency management in and around Ferguson.
112Belmar has not said what steps he will take to preserve order, a day after violence broke out during protests on the anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown.
113Several shots rang out late Sunday night on West Florissant Avenue.
114Police shot and critically wounded one suspect, 18-year-old Tyrone Harris Jr., after he allegedly shot through the windshield of an unmarked police van with four plainclothes officers inside.
115The officers were not injured.
116Harris' father says he believes that his son was unarmed, and he called the police version "a bunch of lies."
117Prosecutors have filed 10 counts against Tyrone Harris, the 18-year-old black suspect who was critically wounded after being shot by police Sunday night in Ferguson.
118The office of St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch on Monday announced charges that include five counts of armed criminal action, four counts of first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer and one firearms charge.
119All 10 charges are felonies.
120Harris remains hospitalized following surgery.
121Police have described his condition as critical.
122County Police Chief Jon Belmar says the suspect was among about six people who fired shots during a protest.
123Belmar says the suspect spotted a van carrying four plainclothes officers and fired into the windshield.
124All four officers returned fire.
125Harris' father, Tyrone Harris Sr., says two girls who were with his son told him he was unarmed and "running for his life" when he was shot.
126The father of a black 18-year-old who was critically wounded after being shot by police calls authorities' account "a bunch of lies" and says his son was unarmed.
127Tyrone Harris Sr. of St. Louis tells The Associated Press that Tyrone Harris Jr. was shot eight to 12 times.
128Police say he is in critical condition.
129The shooting happened late Sunday on the anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, who was fatally shot by a white police officer.
130St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar says the suspect was among about six people who fired shots during a protest.
131The elder Harris says his son was caught in a dispute between two groups and was "running for his life" when shot by police.
132An NAACP official says he doesn't expect the shooting of a suspect by a county police officer in Ferguson on the anniversary of Michael Brown's death to escalate into unrest in the St. Louis suburb.
133NAACP board member John Gaskin III says some people may not believe the police account of the incident overnight that left a shooting suspect critically wounded, noting "there's still a tremendous level of distrust between law enforcement and the community."
134Nonetheless, Gaskin says he expects Monday night to be free of reactive violence, thievery and destruction.
135Gaskin also credited St. Louis County's police chief, Jon Belmar, with distinguishing between activists who marched respectfully to commemorate Brown's death and those who went "off track" and turned violent Sunday night.
136This story has been corrected to show that Harris was shot by a county police officer in Ferguson, not a Ferguson police officer.
137The shooting of a suspect by plainclothes officers in Ferguson is drawing criticism from protest leaders.
138The Ferguson Action Council is a coalition of organizations that have united in protests.
139Some members of the council released a statement critical of the police response during the Sunday night protest.
140Kayla Reed of the Organization for Black Struggle says the force shown by police was "excessive and antagonistic."
141She called it a "poor decision" for officers to be in plain clothes because it made it difficult for people involved in protests to identify police.
142She and others were also concerned because police were not wearing body cameras.
143St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar says the department doesn't have funding for body cameras for all of its nearly 900 officers.
144Kansas City police arrested four people during a protest marking the anniversary of the police shooting that killed Michael Brown in Ferguson.
145The Kansas City Star reports (http://bit.ly/1DCb9yl ) dozens of protesters gathered near a shopping center Sunday evening.
146Police arrested four people who put tape across a roadway and lay down in the street.
147They were cited for blocking a roadway.
148Protesters also gathered at another location in Kansas City on Sunday.
149Local pastor Michael Brooks said that protest was also to remember Ryan Stokes, a 24-year-old black man killed by Kansas City police in 2013.
150Police said Stokes had a gun and didn't obey commands to show his hands.
151Stokes' family disputes that he had a gun and said he might not have heard the commands.
152St. Louis County police say two young males have been injured in what appears to have been a drive-by shooting near a monument to Michael Brown, who was shot to death a year ago.
153Spokesman Shawn McGuire said in an email that the 17-year-old and 19-year-old males told officers they were walking around 2:15 a.m. Monday near the Canfield Apartments in Ferguson, Missouri, when an unknown black man shot at them from the back of a passing vehicle.
154McGuire says the 17-year-old was shot in the chest and shoulder and the 19-year-old was shot in the chest.
155He says both are being treated at a hospital and that neither has life-threatening injuries.
156The shootings come as the St. Louis suburb marks the anniversary of the killing of Brown, a black 18-year-old, by a white Ferguson police officer.
157St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar says a man who opened fire on officers in Ferguson, Missouri, is in "critical, unstable" condition after being struck when the officers returned fire.
158Belmar said at a news conference early Monday morning that plainclothes officers had been tracking the man, who they believed was armed, during a protest marking the anniversary of the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
159Belmar says the man approached the officers, who were in an unmarked police van, and opened fire.
160The officers returned fire from inside the vehicle.
161They then pursued the man on foot.
162The chief says the man again fired on the officers.
163All four fired back.
164The man was taken to a hospital, where Belmar said he was in surgery.
165The man was not immediately identified.
166Belmar says the police shooting happened shortly after dozens of shots rang out around 11:15 p.m. Sunday, as protesters were gathered on West Florissant Avenue.
167The crowd went running for cover.
168Brown, who was black and unarmed, was fatally shot by white Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson.
169A grand jury and the U.S. Department of Justice declined to prosecute Wilson, but the shooting touched off a national "Black Lives Matter" movement.
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