Authorities release video showing moments before shooting on Michael Brown anniversary

A still from the surveillance footage.
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Police in Ferguson, Missouri, have released video footage of the moments before a teenager was shot by officers on the anniversary of Michael Brown's death.

Tyrone Harris, 18, was shot Sunday by plainclothes officers, and authorities say the video appears to show him pulling a weapon from his waistband. Harris is in critical condition and is charged with four counts of assault on law enforcement, five counts of armed criminal action, and one count of shooting at a motor vehicle, NBC News reports. The video was given to the police by a local business.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

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.