Video shows suspect with gun, police say

St. Louis County police have released surveillance video footage they said shows the 18-year-old black suspect, who was critically wounded when shot by police in Ferguson, minutes before he fired a gun at plainclothes officers.

Tyrone Harris Jr. was shot late Sunday after police said he opened fire on an unmarked police van. The shooting happened as protesters nearby were marking the anniversary of 18-year-old Michael Brown’s police shooting death.

Police on Tuesday released a 13-second clip of security camera footage from a West Florissant Avenue insurance office. They said it shows Harris grabbing a handgun from his waistband after gunshots ring out.

Police have said as many as six people who were part of two feuding groups unrelated to the protest were firing the shots. During the gunfire, Harris apparently spotted plainclothes officers arriving in the unmarked van and fired at them, authorities have said.

Harris was in critical condition Monday at a St. Louis hospital.

Harris has been charged with 10 felonies – five counts of armed criminal action, four counts of first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer and a firearms charge.

Associated Press