Just a year after the unjust killing of a teenager, Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri of the United States of America, youths have taken to the street and some degree of civil unrest has been reported in the area around 23.15 on Sunday and a man has been confirmed to be severely injured from the shot out.

According to the BBC, a police officer explained that the man was shot after he opened fire on the police; report showed that he is presently in a critically unstable condition and undergoing surgery.

St Louis County Police Chief, Jon Belmar told reporters that after "an exchange of gunfire between two groups" the suspect, believed by police to be armed, left and encountered officers in an unmarked SUV.

The suspect fired on the vehicle, Mr Belmar said, and the plainclothes detectives returned fire from inside the van. There was then a further exchange of fire after the officers left the vehicle.

The officers were not wearing body cameras, he added.

It should be recalled that an 18-year old Black-American teenager, Michael Brown was shot in August 2014 by a police officer, Darren Wilson for what was perceived to be a racial attack and a grand jury denied charging the officer with murder.