St. Louis County declares state of emergency amid Ferguson unrest

St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger declared a state of emergency Monday following unrest as Ferguson marked the first anniversary of Michael Brown's death.

After a demonstration of 1,000 people Sunday commemorating the death of Brown, an unarmed black man, at the hands of a white officer, police shot and critically injured a young man they said had opened fire on them. Friends identified the injured man as Tyrone Harris, 18.

"The recent acts of violence will not be tolerated in a community that has worked so tirelessly over the last year to rebuild and become stronger," Stenger said in a statement.

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On Monday, police started making arrests after at least 50 protesters jumped a police barricade to a courthouse, where they sat down and linked arms, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.