 Location of Berkeley, Missouri, within St. Louis County, and St. Louis County within Missouri | |
| Date | December 23, 2014 |
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| Location | Berkeley, Missouri, U.S. |
| Participants |
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| Deaths | Antonio Martin |
The shooting of Antonio Martin occurred on December 23, 2014, in Berkeley, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Martin, an 18-year-old black male, was fatally shot by a white Berkeley police officer when Martin pulled a gun on him. The shooting sparked protests in the St. Louis area and other cities in the U.S. The shooting elicited comparison to the earlier shooting death of Michael Brown two miles away in Ferguson, Missouri.