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Gunfire broke out during a demonstration in
Ferguson, Missouri, on the second anniversary of Michael Brown's death,
disrupting what had been a peaceful gathering Tuesday night but apparently
wounding no one.
According to an Associated Press reporter, a car
sped through a group of protesters who were blocking a street during the
demonstration marking two years since the unarmed black 18-year-old's fatal
shooting by a white police officer. The car struck a young man so hard that he
flew into the air, as the car drove away, shots were fired, they said.
"A lady came down and hit a protester —
knocked the shoes off his feet," said Sharon Cowan, who was at the scene.
"Hit him, and he rolled and he bounced."
The man appeared to be badly injured and was put
into a private car to be taken to a hospital, she said.
Police responded to reports of gunfire but had
found no evidence that anyone had been struck, said Ferguson spokesman Jeff
Small, who declined to speculate about why the shots were fired.
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