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Police and local media in St Louis, Missouri, have confirmed reports that an 18-year-old African-American teenager was fatally shot by a policeman at a gas station in one of the city's suburbs. Police in St Louis, Missouri, have confirmed reports that an African-American teenager was fatally shot by a policeman at a gas station in one of the city's suburbs.
The shooting of the teenager, identified by his mother Toni Martin as Antonio Martin, occurred in Berkeley late on Tuesday evening, just a few miles from Ferguson where another unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, was killed by a white police officer in August, setting off protests and riots both in Missouri and across the US. The shooting of the teenager, identified locally as Antonio Martin but not yet confirmed by police, occurred in Berkeley late on Tuesday evening, just a few miles from Ferguson where another unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, was killed by a white police officer in August, setting off protests and riots both in Missouri and across the US.
A statement from the St. Louis County Police said that a police officer had shot and killed a man who pointed a handgun at him as he approached the individual. A statement from the St. Louis County Police said that at 11:15pm local time, a police officer with the City of Berkeley was on a routine business check at a Mobile Gas Station when he saw two males outside of the building.
Video shows confrontations between police and local residents in the aftermath of the shooting. The live stream comes from @stackizshort, a citizen journalist & activist in Ferguson, Missouri. "The Berkeley Police Officer exited his vehicle and approached the subjects when one of the men pulled a handgun and pointed it at the officer," the statement read. "Fearing for his life, the Berkeley Officer fired several shots, striking the subject, fatally wounding him. The second subject fled the scene".
Some onlookers have said that the boy who was shot was not armed, conflicting with police reports. One said, "He was shot because he fit a description". Video shows confrontations between police and local residents in the aftermath of the shooting.
Martin, formerly a student at Jennings Senior High School in St Louis, was reportedly with his best friend Jesus Christo at the time he was shot. The live stream comes from @stackizshort, a citizen journalist & activist in Ferguson, Missouri.
Christo, 18, told The Huffington Post that they had been stopped by an officer who claimed they fit the description of reported robbery suspects. Some onlookers have said that Martin was not armed, conflicting with police reports. One said, "He was shot because he fit a description".
He said the officer tried to search Martin, who refused, and then withdrew his gun and told the teenagers to lay on the ground.
"I layed down but Antonio refused," he said in a Twitter DM.
He continued: "The officer then began to step back from us with his gun still aimed at us.
"He told Antonio to lay down once again and when Antonio didn't lay down the officer opened fire.
"And when I tried to get up to help my friend he screamed at me to stay down with his weapon still drawn."