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Car hits protester in Ferguson, shots ring out

Protesters hide behind cars after shots were fired Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Ferguson, Mo., during a demonstration on the second anniversary of Michael Brown's death. Witnesses told an Associated Press reporter that a car sped through a group of protesters who were blocking a street during the demonstration marking two years since the unarmed black 18-year-old's fatal shooting by a white police officer. They said the car struck a young man so hard that he flew into the air. As the car drove away, shots were fired, they said. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) Protesters hide behind cars after shots were fired Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Ferguson, Mo., during a demonstration on the second anniversary of Michael Brown's death. Witnesses told an Associated Press reporter that a car sped through a group of protesters who were blocking a street during the demonstration marking two years since the unarmed black 18-year-old's fatal shooting by a white police officer. They said the car struck a young man so hard that he flew into the air. As the car drove away, shots were fired, they said. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

By Associated Press August 10, 2016 1 min read

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – A spokesman for the city of Ferguson says it appears the driver who struck a protester at an event marking the second anniversary of Michael Brown’s death did not do so intentionally.

Spokesman Jeff Small tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the driver who hit a man standing in the road Tuesday evening was cooperating with police.

According to witnesses, gunfire broke after the collision. Small says there were bullet holes in the woman’s car, but no one in the vehicle was injured.

He says the extent of the protester’s injuries isn’t known because he was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle. It wasn’t believed that anyone was struck by the gunfire.

No arrests were made.