Stenger’s order came as roughly 200 demonstrators marched from Christ Church Cathedral to the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse in St. Louis. The event came to a violent end, with at least one protester wounded by gunfire.
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Some protest organizers and activists criticized the police, pointing to the events that led up to the shooting. The four officers says they saw one of the people involved, Tyrone Harris Jr., running across a parking lot across the street, and drove up to him in an unmarked auto.
No officers were injured, the department said. He said his son had no weapons.
Harris was then rushed to hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.
Some protest groups were critical of police.
The four officers that were involved in the shooting have all been put on standard administrative leave. The man opened fire at the officers again when he approached a fenced-in area.
The incident began when the apparent suspect was running away from an alleged exchange of gunfire with unknown persons.
Prosecutors in Ferguson, Missouri, have charged an 18-year-old man with assaulting police officers on the anniversary of the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.
Brown’s father, also called Michael, said he was grateful so many people had turned out for the march.
Nonetheless, Gaskin says he expects Monday night to be free of reactive violence, thievery and destruction.
St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar gestures during a news conference, Monday, August 10, 2015, in Clayton, Mo.
Throughout the day, vigils honoured the unarmed black teen.
Shots can be heard in the background of a CNN interview with Ferguson interim police chief Andre Anderson. The officers got out of the vehicle and chased Harris on foot behind a business in the 9200 block of West Florissant.
The Ferguson Action Council is a coalition of organizations that have united in protests.
One mother stood with her young son in front of police in riot gear to teach him a lesson.
US attorney Loretta Lynch denounced the incident on Sunday, saying “not only does violence obscure any message of peaceful protest, it places the community, as well as the officers who seek to protect it, in harm’s way”.
The Kansas City Star reports (http://bit.ly/1DCb9yl ) dozens of protesters gathered near a shopping center Sunday evening.
The gunfire caught police and protesters off guard. Two males told police they were targeted in a drive-by shooting near the memorial to Brown outside Canfield Apartments.
McGuire says the 17-year-old was shot in the chest and shoulder and the 19-year-old was shot in the chest.
The pair were rushed to hospital and are being treated for non-life threatening injures.
The suspect had a semi-automatic 9 mm gun that was stolen last year from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Belmar said. The officers returned fire from inside the vehicle.
A woman nearby fainted and a man nearby said: “They killed my brother!”
Police later released pictures of the auto Harris opened fire on showing it riddled with bullets. He was not immediately identified.
The shootings happened near the intersection of West Florissant Avenue and Ferguson Avenue as tensions between protesters and police escalated.
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Several shots reportedly were fired Sunday night as police tried to break up the crowd blocking traffic and breaking the windows of businesses.
