-- A police officer shot and killed an
armed man late Tuesday in Berkeley, Missouri, said St. Louis County police spokesman Brian
Schellman.
Police say the man had pointed a gun at the officer, who fired out of fear for his own life.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the dead man was Antonio Martin, age 18, citing his mother Toni Martin as its source.
Berkeley is a St. Louis suburb that borders on the city of Ferguson, where the controversial shooting of black teen Michael Brown by a
white police officer triggered nationwide protests.
Reports say, The event took place when an officer with the City of Berkeley Police Department encountered two men during a routine check at a Mobil gas station, Schellman
said. He got out of his squad car and approached them.
One of the men pointed a gun at the officer, who fired multiple shots at him, fatally wounding him. The second man fled.
This has come on the heels of the killing of two white police officers, two policemen, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, were fatally shot dead by Ismaaiyi Brinsley, in revenge for police killing of blacks across the US in the past few months.
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