Protests Erupt After St. Louis Officers Fatally Shoot 18-Year-Old Man

St. Louis police arrested nine people and deployed tear gas to break up protests that followed the police killing of an 18-year-old man who authorities say pointed a gun at two officers.

Protesters threw glass bottles and bricks at officers and refused to clear the roadway, Chief Sam Dotson told reporters late Wednesday.

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the protests occurred in the Fountain Park neighborhood, where the shooting occurred.

Police said two officers were executing a search warrant at a home in a crime-plagued neighborhood on Wednesday when two armed men fled out the back.

The officers shot Mansur Ball-Bey, 18, after he turned and pointed a gun at them, police said. The second suspect fled, they said. The officers were white; Bell-Bey and the other suspect were black, police said.

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