A 20-year-old man was charged on Sunday with
first-degree assault in last week's shooting of two policemen during a protest
rally in Ferguson, Missouri, a crime that shocked a city that has been
devastated by months of racial strife.
The suspect, Jeffrey L. Williams, has admitted to firing the shots
that wounded the officers early on Thursday, said St. Louis County Prosecuting
Attorney Robert McCulloch.
The gunfire rang out just after midnight at the end of a rally to
call for sweeping reforms in Ferguson, where an unarmed black 18-year-old was
shot to death by a white officer last summer.
Williams was arrested after a massive manhunt, with the help of
tips from the public and video evidence, McCulloch told a news conference.
An African American who had been on probation for possession of
stolen property, Williams told investigators that he was not targeting police
but was shooting at someone else.
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