According to USA Today, one officer had also been shot at but not injured during the St Louis riots. Nearly a dozen patrol cars have also been damaged. The St. Louis County Police said someone in the crowd fired shots at a police helicopter although it did not hit it.
St. Louis County Police spokesman Brian Schellman said that during the St Louis riots Sunday night, more than 300 police officers from 19 St. Louis-area departments tried to control the crowd while in riot gear.
By early Monday, police used tear gas was used to break up the crowd from the St Louis riots.
Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson told reporters on Monday, 'It breaks my heart. Last night was the worst night of my life.'
In the aftermath of the St Louis riots, the first day of school in the nearby Jennings School District had been canceled.
6 p.m. on Monday, The Chicago Tribune reports that the St. Louis County branch of the NAACP civil rights group called a meeting to discuss the case, said a spokesman for Murchison Tabernacle C.M.E Church, where the meeting will be held.
They have also called for the FBI to intervene in the investigation on the death of Brown, who, unarmed, died after getting shot multiple times by an officer in the predominantly black St. Louis suburb.
Esther Haywood, president of the county's NAACP, said in a statement, 'It is our hope that this discussion will provide accurate and reliable information to be shared with the community.'
She continued, 'Our expectation is to educate the public on the NAACP's strategy toward justice for the Brown family and the community.'
Though St. Louis County police is leading the investigation into the shooting itself, officials said that outside agencies, the FBI and St. Louis County Police Department will be having separate probes into Saturday night's shooting.
The FBI, according to a spokeswoman for the agency, will be looking into any civil rights violations in the case.
According to a statement obtained by KTVI television station, Brown's family has asked for an end to street violence. The Chicago Tribune also reports that they have hired lawyer Benjamin Crump to handle Brown's case.
Crump represented Trayvon Martin's family in his case. Trayvon is a black Florida teenager who was also unarmed when he was shot in 2012.
St Louis riots might have gone too far when it comes to expressing grief and anger over the death of Brown, but many questions remain unanswered, and the family and friends of the teenager deserve justice. The officer who shot Brown, a six-year veteran and currently on administrative leave, has still not been identified. The officer's race was also not disclosed.
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