The details are very scarce at this time, but here is what we know.
In the Saint Louis County of Berkeley, which is just a county over from Ferguson and 18-year-old black man named Antonio Martin was shot and killed by the police at a Mobil as station.
Cops say he pointed a gun at an officer.
Antonio Martin shooting scene. https://t.co/g8qNDKx4li
— Valerie Schremp Hahn (@valeriehahn) December 24, 2014
Some family members and witnesses say he was alive after being shot but the police refused medical attention (sound familiar?) and his body laid out in the cold for almost two hours before being loaded into a Black SUV (sounds familiar?).
As far as why Martin was shot or why the police decided to approach him at the gas station, we do not have that information at this time. The Mobil does have security cameras, so hopefully the truth this time won’t be hidden.
His mother was inconsolable at the scene.