Police shoot one at Michael Brown’s death anniversary

A police officer has shot a young man at the one-year anniversary protest of Michael Brown, the black teen who was shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri in the United states (US).  

Brown, who was shot on August 9, 2014, by Darren Wilson, a Ferguson police officer, was said to have suffered at least seven gunshots from Wilson’s 12-round shot.

A year after brown was killed, young men and women from Ferguson took to the streets in what was dubbed a peaceful demonstration in memory of the deceased.

The peaceful demonstration, however, went sour as the police interfered with tear gas and gunshots.

BBC reported that shots were heard at around 04:15 GMT on Monday (Sunday, 23:15pm in Ferguson) as a large crowd gathered on West Florissant Avenue, at the end of a sombre, peaceful day of commemorations.

The unidentified young man who was shot is in a critical condition and undergoing surgery.

St Louis County police, however, said its officers came under fire from the individual, who they had been tracking, after an exchange of gunfire between two groups.

Four officers have been placed on administrative leave, police said.

The shooting of 18-year-old Brown led to nationwide protest, racial movements, police reforms and the resignation of Wilson on November 30, 2014.

In December 2014, Antonio Martin, an 18-year-old black American, was also shot by a US police officer at a gas station in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, in New York.

April 2015 was no different, as Michael Slager, a South Carolina police officer, shot another black man, Walter Scott, following a traffic stop.