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St Louis police kill 'armed' black teenager | |
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A black teenager has been shot dead by police in the US city of St Louis, near where Michael Brown was killed in August triggering national protests. | |
St Louis County police said the man who was shot had pulled a gun at a petrol station and pointed it at an officer. | St Louis County police said the man who was shot had pulled a gun at a petrol station and pointed it at an officer. |
A crowd of protesters was at the scene in Berkeley, Missouri, which has been sealed off by police. | A crowd of protesters was at the scene in Berkeley, Missouri, which has been sealed off by police. |
Berkeley is about two miles from the suburb of Ferguson, where 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot dead. | |
The victim of the Berkeley shooting was named as Antonio Martin, 18, by local media citing his mother. | |
Police spokesman Sgt Brian Schellman said in a statement that an officer had been conducting a routine check at a petrol station on Tuesday evening when he saw two men and approached them. | |
He said that one of the men pointed a handgun at the officer, who then fired several shots. | |
The second man fled, Sgt Schellman said, adding that the handgun had been recovered. | |
Michael Brown, who was unarmed, was killed by a white police officer who said he opened fire after a struggle in a patrol car. | |
His death sparked protests, sometimes violent, and further unrest followed a grand jury's decision not to charge the officer. | |
There were further demonstrations after the death of Eric Garner, 43, a black man who died while being held down by a white police officer in July in New York. Again, a grand jury decided against charging the officer. |