'Riot' in Brooklyn neighbourhood as residents protest cop killing of 16-year-old

Police and protesters clashed in East Flatbush, in Brooklyn, on Monday night as residents held a candlelit vigil for a sixteen-year-old shot dead by police on Saturday.

Kimani Gray was shot 11 times after allegedly pointing a gun at officers. However, witnesses to the incident claim that Gray was not armed, and was 'running for his life' when his was fatally shot.

According to reports the police followed the march and searched apartment buildings in the neighborhood without warrants, looking for children who had been seen throwing bottles at police from neighborhood rooftops. The situation was described as very 'tense'.

At least two people were injured, and one arrested during an incident at the Rite Aid store in East Flatbush.

A 'police lockdown' in the neighbourhood followed the vigil, with fears of further clashes.

(NewsPoint - East Flatbush, Brooklyn New York)