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   That cop must have been a bad shot.  He only wounded the animal.   
      
   Police in Ferguson, Mo., on Wednesday have asked protesters to   
   peacefully rally only during daylight hours following another   
   night of unrest in the St. Louis suburb. The plea comes after an   
   officer shot and critically wounded a man who police say pointed   
   a handgun at the officer early Wednesday in Ferguson, where the   
   fatal shooting of an unarmed young black man by an officer has   
   triggered demonstrations, street clashes and looting.   
      
   A woman was also shot in the head and wounded during the area'a   
   sporadic street demonstrations overnight, Ferguson Police Chief   
   Tom Jackson told the Los Angeles Times.   
      
   The officer-involved shooting, which occurred at 1 a.m. CDT,   
   occurred near the intersection of West Florissant Avenue and   
   Chambers Road, close to the site of protests against police in   
   the shooting of Michael Brown, said Officer Brian Schellman,   
   spokesman for the St. Louis County Police Department.   
      
   St. Louis police received a call that four people wearing ski   
   masks and armed with shotguns were in the area and at the same   
   time several calls were made to police about shots fired in the   
   area, according to a statement from police.   
      
   “When officers arrived, multiple subjects began running from the   
   scene. One officer encountered a subject who brandished a   
   handgun, pointing it directly at the officer. Fearing for his   
   safety and the safety of others in the area, the officer fired   
   shots, striking the subject.” the police statement said. “The   
   subject was transported to a local hospital, where as of this   
   writing, he is listed in critical condition. The subject’s   
   handgun was recovered by police at the scene.”   
      
   No other details were released, Schellman said.   
      
   Following the shooting, Ferguson police issued a statement   
   asking “any groups wishing to assemble in prayer or protest to   
   do so only during daylight hours in an organized and respectful   
   manner” and to disperse “well before the evening hours to ensure   
   the safety of the participants and community.” ‘Unfortunately,   
   those who wish to co-opt the peaceful protests and turn them   
   into violent demonstrations have been able to do so over the   
   past several days.”   
      
   In the incident involving the woman, local media reported that   
   she was shot in the head during a drive-by shooting near the   
   Ferguson QuikTrip gas station that had been looted and burned   
   over the weekend and which has become a gathering point for   
   demonstrators this week.   
      
   She was conscious after being shot and called 911 herself,   
   Jackson said. He was not able to provide further details, saying   
   that he hadn't been briefed yet. Police were reportedly seeking   
   four to five men.   
      
   Racial tensions have simmered since the Saturday shooting of   
   Brown. Ferguson is a working-class suburb of 21,000, where two-   
   thirds of residents are black but police and city officials are   
   predominantly white.   
      
   Throughout Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, scores of   
   demonstrators faced off with riot police in Ferguson, with some   
   protesters leaving peacefully and others being forced away by   
   tear gas.   
      
   The street demonstrations followed a packed church meeting   
   Tuesday night in Ferguson, in which Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, who   
   is white, told area residents and civic leaders he wanted an   
   "open, thorough and fair" investigation into Michael Brown's   
   death, also adding, "in the face of crisis, we must keep calm."   
      
   "As a father of two sons, I’ve prayed for the parents and loved   
   ones of Michael Brown," Nixon said in his remarks. "We stand   
   together tonight, reeling from what feels like an old wound that   
   has been torn open afresh."   
      
   Nixon spoke at a second packed community forum and called for   
   reconciliation and healing "while remaining uncompromising in   
   our expectation that justice must not simply be pursued, but in   
   fact achieved."   
      
   The father of the young man who was killed, Michael Brown Sr.,   
   said: "I need all of us to come together and do it right, the   
   right way, so we can get something done about this. No violence."   
      
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   http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ferguson-police-shooting-   
   08132014-story.html   
      
        
      
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