--- description: Protests shut down a highway in Berkeley, Mo., following the death of a teenager who was shot and killed after pointing a gun at an officer title: Crowd Protesting Antonio Martin's Death Shuts Down Missouri Highway image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt501ca4b45ceb01fe/69877730e20a873a9aa843ac/antonio-martin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Crowd Protesting Antonio Martin's Death Shuts Down Missouri Highway by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 25, 2014 2:39 PM CUT  Protesters shut down an interstate at Airport Road on Dec. 24, 2014, in Berkeley, Mo. Protesters shut down an interstate at Airport Road on Dec. 24, 2014, in Berkeley, Mo.Robert Cohen—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 25, 2014 2:39 PM CUT 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… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/crowd-protesting-antonio-martins-death-shuts-down-highway-berkeley-n274646 "undefined") ### See the Aftermath of the Fatal Police Shooting of Antonio Martin  Police try to control a crowd on Dec. 24, 2014, on the lot of a gas station following a shooting Tuesday in Berkeley, Mo. David Carson—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP  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. David Carson—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP  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. David Carson—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP  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. 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 hold back a crowd at the perimeter of a scene on Dec. 24, 2014, following a shooting at a gas station in Berkeley, Mo. 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