Someone needs to tell the protestors in Ferguson Missouri that this is not a competition for who can protest most violently.
Last night in Ferguson one man was shot in the familiar West Florissant strip that was the scene of protests throughout the fall and winter. The police disbursed the crowd only to face additional gunfire an hour later in the Canfield Greens neighborhood.
At 12:15 a.m.: Report of shots fired and at least one victim on Windward Court. The street which runs through an area with several apartment complexes, including Canfield Green.
Several of the protesters had retreated to this area after police ordered them to disperse from West Florissant Avenue.
More gunshots. pic.twitter.com/qpqmVatFM5
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) April 29, 2015
EARLIER – FERGUSON • A man was shot in the lower leg as a group of about 50 protesters took to West Florissant Avenue near Canfield Drive Tuesday night.
The man was carried to the safety of Northland Chop Suey, 9240 West Florissant Avenue, by bystanders and a Post-Dispatch photographer at the scene.
Police who were monitoring the protest quickly took a person into custody in the shooting and recovered a gun.
It was unclear if the shooting was related to the protest.
Some of the cars of the officers who came to monitor the protest were targeted by rocks thrown by protesters.
At times the protesters closed traffic on West Florissant.
The site is near where Michael Brown was fatally shot in August by then-Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson.
Brown’s death touched off weeks of protests and unrest.
The latest demonstration comes as protesters face off with police in Baltimore over the death of a man injured there while in police custody.
About 11 p.m., a line of protesters as they faced off with a line of police cars blocking West Florissant. The protesters’ chants included “No justice, no peace” and “Hey, hey, ho, ho. These killer cops have got to go.” (read more)
One man shot on West Forissant, another shot near Canfield Greens.
Witnesses say someone (not police) shot the man in his neck on Canfield. He got himself in the truck to the hospital. Hopefully will be OK.
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) April 29, 2015