St Louis: Unarmed teen shot and killed by police, riot in progress.

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The shooting victim was identified as Michael Brown, 18, a 2014 graduate of Normandy High School who was scheduled to begin classes at Vatterott College on Monday.

Brown was shot at approximately 2:15 p.m. in the 2900 block of Canfield Drive.

His mother, Lesley McSpadden, said the incident occurred as her son was walking to his grandmother's residence.

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“I know they killed my son," McSpadden told an acquaintance. "This was wrong and it was cold-hearted."

Her son, she continued, "doesn't kill, steal or rob. He doesn't do any of that.”

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The unnamed officer has been placed on paid administrative leave.

"We are hoping for calm and for people to give us a chance to conduct a thorough investigation," Jackson told the Post-Dispatch.

County Police spokesman Brian Schellman promised a "lengthy investigation."

"We're still trying to piece together what happened and why," Schellman said.

As the afternoon wore on activists, public figures and others arrived on the scene to urge calm.

State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, said she would petition the U.S. Justice Department for a formal investigation on Monday.

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