Police in St. Louis killed a man they say brandished a knife and refused to drop it.
The victim yelled "Kill me now," Police Chief Sam Dotson told reporters Tuesday.
The incident occurred hours after police fired tear gas at protesters in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, which has been rocked by 10 days of civil unrest over the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer.
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