Stun grenades and tear gas canisters arced through the night sky and into crowds of protesters overnight in Ferguson, Missouri, after police said they had been targeted with rocks, Molotov cocktails and gunfire amid continuing demonstrations over the death of Michael Brown.
Two people were shot -- not by police, authorities said. Four officers were injured. Police arrested at least 31 people.
Police and protesters blamed outside agitators for the gunplay and violence.
"We don't need these antagonizers out here," said protester Jerrell Bourrage, who earlier grabbed one of the bottle-hurling demonstrators and told him to stop. "We need people who can stand out here to the side and still let your word be known."
The protests are the latest spasm of violence over the shooting of Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager, by white police Officer Darren Wilson on August 9.
As police and protesters search for a way to stop the chaos, Brown's parents appeared on NBC's "Today" to appeal for justice and say there's just one way out of all this.
"Justice," Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, told the NBC show. "Justice will bring peace, I believe."
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