Authorities say one person was shot and critically wounded and seven people arrested early Sunday morning as police used smoke and tear gas to enforce a curfew in the U.S. town of Ferguson, Missouri.
Missouri Police Use Smoke, Tear Gas on Protesters
![A law enforcement officers check a building, Aug. 17, 2014, after tear gas was fired to disperse protesters in Ferguson.](https://gdb.voanews.com/D0A9EE84-AA08-4D59-AB36-361EB33F4B1E_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A law enforcement officers check a building, Aug. 17, 2014, after tear gas was fired to disperse protesters in Ferguson.
![Demonstrators weep on each others shoulders as masked individuals break into a store in Ferguson, Aug. 16, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8D59E95B-8802-491A-B1F7-2EC41FA4B1E1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Demonstrators weep on each others shoulders as masked individuals break into a store in Ferguson, Aug. 16, 2014.
![Masked individuals carry items out of a store in Ferguson, Aug. 16, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/46D7A970-1635-4EA1-9E30-2A59FAACA5A5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Masked individuals carry items out of a store in Ferguson, Aug. 16, 2014.
![Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declares a state of emergency and curfew in response to looting the previous night in Ferguson, Aug. 16, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8FDFB9CE-152C-4961-9D06-63E3F7D53939_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declares a state of emergency and curfew in response to looting the previous night in Ferguson, Aug. 16, 2014.