Two killed in shooting at Ferguson, Missouri, gas station; officer fired shots

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Two men died early Tuesday in a shooting that involved a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. St. Louis County police are investigating the shooting that happened just before 1:30 a.m. Police say a Ferguson officer was walking out of a gas station and heard gunshots, then saw a man shooting at another man. Police say the Ferguson officer fired his service weapon at the shooter. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. It wasn’t immediately clear if the officer or the other man killed the man who police say was shooting. No further information was released. The officer was unhurt. Nearly 10 years ago, an officer killed Michael Brown in the same St. Louis suburb.