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Lawyer for officer who shot 18-year-old suggests he was lured to the gas station near Michael Brown scene
[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] - Antonio Martin, 18, was shot and killed outside a gas station in St Louis, Missouri around 11pm on Tuesday
- The scene is just three miles from where 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot in Ferguson in August
- Martin was killed by a police officer who was responding to a call in the area about a robbery
- The unnamed officer climbed out of his car to speak to two men and as he spoke to the other man, Martin pulled out a gun and pointed it at the officer, who then pulled out his weapon and fired, police said
- Police Chief Jon Belmar said it didn't have to end with the boy's death, but he made 'bad choices'
- Detectives investigating the shooting said they recovered a 9mm firearm at the scene
- Authorities are still looking for the man who was with Martin; he fled after the shooting
- Mrs Martin denied that her son was carrying a firearm last night and say he was shot as he tried to run away
- After the shooting, as many as 300 people gathered at the scene and people detonated explosives, police said; four people were arrested and at least two officers were injured
- Berkeley Mayor Theodore Hoskins said the situation should not draw comparisons with Ferguson, which did not have surveillance footage of the incident and where there are far fewer black police officers
Posted by: Fred 2014-12-25
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