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At that point the sister produced his service weapon and fired what we think at this point was three shots. >> george howell is in berkeley, missouri, live at this hour. george, what are we learning about the suspect and this entire incident? >> ashleigh, let's walk around this thing. let's start with the family of antonio martin. this is a tragedy for them. they have lost a son on christmas eve. i spent time with them and they're saying this "if he was wrong, he was wrong. if he was right, he was right. requests they just want to get as much information as possible and understand the facts. l...

August. police say the officer was responding to a shoplifting report around 11:15 p.m. in the upper left hand corner of this grainy surveillance video you can see the victim antonio martin pointing what police say was a loaded weapon at the responding officer. the officer then opens fire, killing martin. st. louis county police chief briefed reporters earlier today. >> the individual produced a pistol with his arm straight out pointing at the officer from across the hood of a police car. at that point the officer produced his service weapon and fired what we think at this point is three shots...

Men who are targeted. there are people responsible for their own actions in this situation you have a young man who had a gun pointed an an officer and we need to recognize that as a fact. the officer felt as though he needed to protect himself. so while tensions are high we need to be respectful of what the facts are. >> within minutes of last night's shooting you saw the protesters that flocked to the scene including some who were throwing bricks at the officers. this was the scene and it's anything but calm. apparently they also lobbed what appeared to be things bundled with fireworks withi...

Gas station before midnight. police say the 18-year-old in question pointed a gun squarely at an officer. nevertheless, this is what happened not long afterwards. scuffles breaking out with protesters who came out to the gas station where the shooting happened. tensions were running high following the fatal shooting of michael brown in nearby ferguson just in august. our george howell is in berkeley, missouri. george, it's really critical to point out the mayor of this community, a state senator there, they have already hit the air waves to warn people, this is very, very different, it is not ...

This year, the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 have all surged. investigators encouraged by recent reports showing the economy improving. we now turn to the day's other top story. we are learning more about the fatal shooting not far from ferguson, missouri, but it involves a much different scenario. authorities in berkeley, missouri, say a police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old after the teen pointed a gun at him. this is difficult to see. but the upper left-hand corner of the surveillance video shows a man with his arm extended. that little circle there. berkeley is just two miles from ferg...