Police fire tear gas during another night of protests in Missouri

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last updated 10 January 2015

On Monday, crowds gathered in Ferguson, Missouri, for another night of protests against the death of an unarmed 18-year-old shot by police Saturday.

Police wore riot gear and fired tear gas into the crowd outside of the QuikTrip convenience store that was looted and burned Sunday night, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Two women also told the Post-Dispatch they had been shot by rubber bullets. Members of the media tweeted they were ordered to leave the area by police, and stragglers were told by police officers with bullhorns to go home immediately.

Witnesses say Michael Brown was shot while running from the officer with his hands in the air, while law enforcement says he went for the officer's gun during an altercation. During a Monday afternoon press conference Brown's father, Michael Brown Sr., pleaded for anyone with information to come forward, and urged people to stay calm and protest in a nonviolent way. "[Michael] would have wanted none of it," he said. "We want to do it the right way. We need justice for our son."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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