another black kid shot dead by police near ferguson

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• CNN
  

  

  - A Missouri police officer shoots and kills a teenager just two miles from the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, where another young man's death months earlier set off protests across the country.
  But even though both cases involved white officers and black teens, don't compare Tuesday night's shooting in Berkeley to what happened in the town down the road, Berkeley's mayor says.
  Surveillance video appears to show a person -- identified by police and his family as Antonio Martin, 18 -- pointing a gun at an officer in a gas station parking lot in Berkeley right before the officer fatally shot the teen, Berkeley Mayor Theodore Hoskins told reporters Wednesday.

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  St. Louis County Police released on YouTubevideos from three different angles that captured parts of the scene.
  The shooting led to a tense couple of hours at the station, where scuffles with police broke out -- and what appeared to be lit fireworks were thrown -- as scores of people gathered to see what happened in an area still emotional over the August 9 shooting of Michael Brown.
  But Hoskins, who is black, said that this shooting cannot be likened to Brown's death, in part because unlike the Ferguson case, this one was captured on video and allegedly involves an armed teen.
  "We reviewed the video and it appears that there was a gun pointed at the officer before the officer fired," Hoskins said. "(It) does not appear ... that the police officer initiated."
  Hoskins promised a thorough investigation.
  "I will not tolerate brutality of any policeman on our citizens," Hoskins told CNN. He added that people can "rest assured that I will investigate this independently and make a complete report to the community."
  Gov. Jay Nixon issued a brief statement saying, "The events in Berkeley are a reminder that law enforcement officers have a difficult, and often dangerous, job in protecting themselves and law-abiding citizens."