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Belmar believes the shots came from about six different shooters. But after nightfall, tensions escalated with protesters throwing rocks and bottles at officers.

The 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.

After laying soft toys on the spot in the middle of Canfield Drive where his son came to rest, Brown spoke of his persistent grief. Federal officials concluded there was no evidence to disprove testimony by Wilson that he feared for his safety, nor was there reliable evidence...

The U.S. Coast Guard has seized more cocaine off Latin America’s Pacific coast over the past 10 months than in the previous three years combined as it rebounds from budget cuts and combats smugglers increasingly moving drugs on the high seas, officials said Monday.

Harris attempted to fire at the officers again, but was shot. “Police understand they are now under the microscope”, said Mark Lomax, executive director of the National Tactical Officers Association, said.

No officers were injured, the department said. Officers in an unmarked vehicle drove toward one of those individuals, later identified as Harris. All 10 are felonies.

The teenager was killed by police after being suspected of carjacking.

The club posted a photo on Twitter showing the bus with the impact of a bullet which smashed a hole in the windscreen at the level of the driver’s head.

(2/2) During the gunfire, at least 2 unmarked cars took shots. What prompted the shooting wasn’t clear, but Belmar said the groups had been feuding. He was struck and fell.

St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said the man opened fire at officers, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The Justice Department said it would not comment on whether the case could be formally prosecuted until the wildlife agency concludes its investigation.

A 60-strong crowd was involved in violence that broke out an hour later, forcing the deployment of police water cannon.

Turkey’s largest city Istanbul was Monday shaken by twin attacks on the US consulate and a police station as tensions spiral amid the government’s air campaign against Kurdish militants.

The violence, which also included a drive-by shooting and police being pelted with objects, prompted St Louis County to declare a state of emergency. Protest groups were quick to criticize the police response to protesters who gathered late Sunday along West Florissant Avenue.

– Police officers came under heavy gunfire late Sunday during protests marking the one-year anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer, the St. Louis County Police Department reported.