A small group of demonstrators shut down an interstate highway and marched through the town of Berkeley, Missouri, to protest the fatal police shooting of an 18-year-old who authorities said pointed a gun at an officer.
As police in riot gear looked on, protesters held a candlelight vigil before midnight mass at the steps of a local church. Earlier, a group of about 70 people brought traffic on I-170 southbound to a halt at around 7:30 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m. ET) and later marched to the Mobil gas station where Martin was shot…
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Police try to control a crowd on Dec. 24, 2014, on the lot of a gas station following a shooting Tuesday in Berkeley, Mo.
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Toni Martin cries out on Dec. 24, 2014 as she talks to police at the scene where she says her son was fatally shot at a gas station in Berkeley, Mo.
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Police stand guard on Dec. 24, 2014, following a shooting Tuesday at a gas station in Berkeley, Mo.
David Carson—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP
Police try to control a crowd on Dec. 24, 2014, on the lot of a gas station following a shooting in Berkeley, Mo.
David Carson—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP
Police photograph a gun on the ground on Dec. 24, 2014 following a shooting at a gas station in Berkeley, Mo.
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A police officer with a fire extinguisher stands in the broken out entry to a QuikTrip on Dec. 24, 2014 following a shooting nearby in Berkeley, Mo.
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Police try to control a crowd on Dec. 24, 2014, on the lot of a gas station following a shooting in Berkeley, Mo.
David Carson—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP
Police hold back a crowd at the perimeter of a scene on Dec. 24, 2014, following a shooting at a gas station in Berkeley, Mo.
David Carson—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP
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