Ferguson anniversary rally: Police retaliate after facing gunfire
Police have shot a person in Ferguson, a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, after its officers came under heavy gunfire near a demonstration that marked the anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown last year.
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According to the Guardian, Shawn McGwire of St Louis County Police said in an email that an officer from the department shot a person "after officers came under heavy gunfire".
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The injuries have not yet been confirmed as the officers claimed that two unmarked police cars came under fire during the gunfight.
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A young black man was seen lying wounded and handcuffed on the ground beside two officers after chaotic scenes on West Florissant Avenue.
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Dozens of people had gathered in the area to protest the death of Brown in 2014.