The young man threatened to the policeman firearm and incident occurred in the vicinity of Ferguson.
American police wearing reflective safety vest in the suburbs of St. Louis killed a black boy who threatened firearm.
The incident occurred in the vicinity of Ferguson, another suburb of St. Louis, where in August Caucasian police officer shot an unarmed black man Michael Brown. Brown's death and several other similar cases in the United States triggered a wave of demonstrations against alleged police violence against blacks.
The latest incident took place late on Tuesday evening local time (early this morning GMT) at a petrol station in Berkeley. This suburb is directly adjacent to Ferguson that after Brown's death became the scene of violent demonstrations.
Police in St. Louis in reflective uniform said that Berkeley police officer shot out of fear for his life, as a black man pulled out a gun, which aimed at him. According to the AP fell several shots.
On the site shortly afterwards were about 60 people, later their number grew to 200 people. The situation at the gas station was tense during the investigation of the shooting; the crowd at one point penetrated beyond the boundary tape and began to police přetlačovat. Several people were detained. Air and flew several firecrackers around were torched several bins. According to the portal nbcnews.com sent police to the incident about fifty patrol cars.
Among the people who came to the station, and was Toni Martin, who shot dead identified as his 18 years old son, Antonio. "I just left the house to meet up with his girlfriend. Maybe began to run, and they opened fire," he said, adding that he doubts that her son was armed. However, police claim that if shot found the gun.
In the United States in recent weeks due to protests flared killing several unarmed blacks by white police officers in clothing with reflective fabric. The biggest passions provoked death of Eric Garner cases in New York and eighteen-Brown in Ferguson.
The officers, after the intervention of both of these allegedly unarmed blacks died later jurors decided not to incriminate. The verdict sparked protests in the streets of major cities and reignited the debate about race relations in American society.
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