US mayor makes plea for calm after police shoot teenager dead

A US mayor is pressing for calm in his St Louis suburb after a white police officer fatally shot a black 18-year-old who police say pointed a handgun at the officer.

US mayor makes plea for calm after police shoot teenager dead
Wed, 24 Dec, 2014 - 18:38

A US mayor is pressing for calm in his St Louis suburb after a white police officer fatally shot a black 18-year-old who police say pointed a handgun at the officer.

St Louis County police identified the young man killed during the Berkeley encounter as Antonio Martin.

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