NAACP: Feds should investigate black teen’s death

Lesley McSpadden, left, is comforted by her husband, Louis Head, after her 18-year-old son, Michael Brown was shot and killed by police in the middle of the street in Ferguson, Mo., near St. Louis on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. A spokesman with the St. Louis County Police Department, which is investigating the shooting at the request of the local department, confirmed a Ferguson police officer shot the man. The spokesman didn't give the reason for the shooting. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Huy Mach)

By Associated Press August 10, 2014 1 min read

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – The NAACP has called for a federal investigation into the death of a black teenager who was shot by police in a St. Louis suburb.

Eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was shot Saturday afternoon near his grandmother’s house by a Ferguson police officer. St. Louis County police have not given a reason for the shooting. The officer is on administrative leave.

A confrontation between police and neighborhood residents lasted several hours Saturday, with shouts of “kill the police.”

Lesley McSpadden is Brown’s mother. She told KSDK-TV (http://on.ksdk.com/1q2MyFx ) her son had just graduated high school.

McSpadden says she was told her son was shot eight times. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told a member of the St. Louis County NAACP that Brown was shot twice.