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(BBC)The city is reported to be tense after another black teenager was critically wounded in a gun battle with police on Sunday.
Tyrone Harris, 18, was later charged with assaulting police officers.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has appealed for protests to remain peaceful.
Michael Brown, 18, was shot in August 2014 by a white police officer who was later cleared of any wrongdoing by a grand jury and the US Department of Justice.
The death triggered a wave of protests over alleged racism and the use of excessive force by police officers.
Late on Monday, witnesses said a large crowd had gathered on West Florissant Avenue - the site of previous unrest - and there was chanting but no reports of violence.
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According to police, a gunfight erupted between two rival groups in West Florissant Avenue and a suspect, whom they identified as Tyrone Harris, then shot at plain-clothes police who returned fire.
Police Chief Belmar said those who had opened fire on the officers "were criminals, they weren't protesters".
But Mr Harris's father described the police account as "a bunch of lies", saying his son had been unarmed and was "running for his life"."As we have seen over the recent months and years, not only does violence obscure any message of peaceful protest, it places the community, as well as the officers who seek to protect it, in harm's way," she said.
There have been a number of high-profile shootings of unarmed black men in US cities in recent months.
The most recent case involved 19-year-old Christian Taylor who was shot dead by a white police officer after he was spotted on surveillance footage vandalising cars in Arlington, Texas, on Friday. Campaigners were further incensed when a justice department investigation found widespread racial bias in the Ferguson police force. 
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