Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson,_Missouri" id="mwATo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ferguson, Missouri">Ferguson, Missouri</a>, is <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Michael_Brown" id="mwATs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shooting of Michael Brown">shot and killed</a> by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_Police_Department_(Missouri)" id="mwATw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ferguson Police Department (Missouri)">Ferguson</a> police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_unrest" id="mwAT0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ferguson unrest">protests and unrest</a> in the city.