Images of the 18 year old young boy shot dead by police in St. Louis yesterday

This is the 18 year old young boy who was shot dead yesterday Dec. 23rd by a cop at a corner store not a long way from where Michael Brown was murdered in Ferguson, Missouri.

At the same time the police say this is an entirely unexpected case on the grounds that Antonio Martin had a weapon and pointed it at 34yr old anonymous officer, who hauled out his own firearm and shot three times, killing Antonio.

Antonio pictured above pointing a firearm at the cop as the officer reacted toward a call of a theft  in the region. The cop shot three shots, one hitting the youngster. Antonio, who didn’t shoot his weapon, was declared dead at the scene by responding EMS officers.

Amid a question and answer session later, the police said Antonio was known to them and had past charges including three attacks, armed robbery, armed criminal activity and multiple uses of weapons since he was 17.