St Louis County Police

A 23-year-old African-American man who barricaded himself in his mother's house in a St Louis suburb was shot and killed by police when he rushed at them with a knife in one hand and a Bible in the other, authorities said on Saturday.

A 20-year-old man was charged on Sunday with first-degree assault in last week's shooting of two policemen during a protest rally in Ferguson, Missouri, a crime that shocked a city that has been devastated by months of racial strife.

Investigators are following dozens of leads in the hunt for whoever shot and wounded two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, during a protest rally this week, the head of the St Louis County police said on Friday.

Officials scrambled to head off renewed anger on Wednesday after an armed black teenager was shot dead by a white officer in a St Louis suburb, insisting the use of force was justified.

A 23-year-old African-American man who barricaded himself in his mother's house in a St Louis suburb was shot and killed by police when he rushed at them with a knife in one hand and a Bible in the other, authorities said on Saturday.

A 20-year-old man was charged on Sunday with first-degree assault in last week's shooting of two policemen during a protest rally in Ferguson, Missouri, a crime that shocked a city that has been devastated by months of racial strife.

Investigators are following dozens of leads in the hunt for whoever shot and wounded two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, during a protest rally this week, the head of the St Louis County police said on Friday.

Officials scrambled to head off renewed anger on Wednesday after an armed black teenager was shot dead by a white officer in a St Louis suburb, insisting the use of force was justified.