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Ferguson Police Department
Coverage of Ferguson Police Department in the Nexus archive.
- Missouri mom of 5 fatally shot while buying slushies with children; police search for gunman
Shakeela Martin, a 35-year-old mother of five from Missouri, was fatally shot outside a BP gas station in Ferguson while buying slushies with two of her children. The gunfire erupted during an altercation that began inside the convenience store, with Martin identified as an innocent bystander. A second adult male was also critically injured, and police are investigating without any arrests announced.