A black teenager has been shot dead by a police officer in the same city where the killing of Michael Brown sparked global protests.
The 18-year-old was killed at a Mobil petrol station in the suburb of Berkeley in St Louis, Missouri, on Tuesday night.
Sergeant Brian Schellman, from St Louis County Police, said a police officer was conducting a routine business check at around 11.15pm when he saw two male subjects and approached them.
Sgt Schellman said: "Fearing for his life, the Berkeley Officer fired several shots, striking the subject, fatally wounding him."
He added that the second suspect fled.
Detectives said they have recovered the dead man's weapon at the scene.
Social media users posted photos of crowd of around 60 people forming at the scene, where a police cordon has been set up around the forecourt.
Video, which is being live-streamed online, showed a wall of police officers where there have reportedly been clashes with members of the public.
The victim has been unofficially identified as Antonio Martin.
Mr Martin's mother Toni Martin told the St Louis Post-Dispatch that her son had been out with his girlfriend.
Vines were posted online showing Ms Martin crying "That's my baby" as she found out that the victim was her son.
A Twitter user called Jesus Christo, who uses the handle @DesJuanTheThug, appears to have been with Mr Martin when he was killed.
He tweeted: "I can't believe my best friend just died in front of me #AntonioMartin."
Berkeley is the neighbouring suburb to Ferguson where an unarmed Michael Brown was killed by police officer Darren Wilson on 9 August.
His death led to protests across the US and worldwide and a debate about the US police's use of force.
About 200 people marched in New York on Tuesday, defying Mayor Bill de Blasio's call for protests to be suspended after two police officers were killed in their patrol car on Saturday in an apparent revenge attack.
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