Shooting incident leaves one critically injured

  • 10 years ago
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One person is in critical condition in Ferguson Missouri after an overnight shooting incident on the same night that police began enforcing a mandatory curfew.

A small group of demonstrators had remained on the streets past the midnight curfew. Local tv showed video of police using loudspeakers and smoke canisters to disperse the crowds.

Later, during a news conference, Missouri State Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson said police used the tear gas and heavy body armor because something else was going on. There had been a shooting incident at a nearby restaurant- which left one person in critical condition- and the gunman was still on the loose.

Johnson said the police were trying to keep the pu

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