we will talk to a journalist who is there at that petro station. we'll talk to her in a couple of minutes time. now, president obama has welcomed the announcement by sony pictures that it will release its controversial comedy "the interview" in a limited number of theaters on christmas day. sony made that decision after its computer system was hacked by a group calling itself the guardians of peace who claimed responsibility. >> reporter: there have been plenty of surprises in the story of the interview which turned from christmas comedy to quite a drama for sony pictures. first it was pulled, but now it will be shown on about 200 screens after the company backtracked. in a statement sony pictures said it would have a limited theatrical release in the united states on christmas day, adding they were proud to make it available to the public and to have stood up to those who attempted to suppress free speech. most cinema-goers supported sewny's decision. >> to be honest, it looks interesting but i didn't pay that much attention to it before but now i

crowds of people have gathered at a petro station in berkeley where the shooting took place. riots apparently have broken out and many people have been arrested. police say the officer shot and killed an 18-year-old man after he drew a handgun and pointed it at him. the team has been namd loced lo as antonio martin. his mother has been talking to reporters and she says she is waiting for answers. >> they won't let me see my baby. >> how did you find out about it? >> his girl friend came and picked me up. it's been like an hour or two hours. they just got my baby laying out there. he's been laying out there for two hours. >> that's antonio martin's mother, just hours away from where michael brown was killed in ferguson, missouri. his death fueled mass protests across the country. today's shooting happened northwest of there in berkeley at that petro station on north hanley road. so just some of the local geography, just a pointer, we will talk to a journalist at that petro station. we'll talk to her in a couple of minutes' time. now, president obama has welcomed the announceme

this time at a petro station. police say the shot teen-ager, known locally as toneio martin, had raised a gun. but the teen's mother said her son was unarmed and trying to get away from the police. >> they won't tell me nothing. the friend fend that rng this happened just a couple of miles from nearby ferguson where another black teen was fatally wounded by police in august, prompting weeks of rioting. that and other fatal encounters have led to dem tragss like this one in new york on wednesday demanding change. and a wider soul search a. >> shl president obama has welcomed the announcement by saying it will release "the interview" in a limited number of u.s. son rns you know, the north prn a couple. >> there have been plenty of surprises and the story of the interview with the. >> mike: first it was pulled but now it will be shown on about 200 screen after the company back tracked. in a statement sony picture said it would have a limited theatrical release, adding they were proud to mick it prou to. >> do you fee

this time at a petro station, which quickly became the focus for angry exchanges between the police and youth. the teen-ager known locally as antonio martin was said to have raised a gun but the teen's mother said her son was unarmed and trying to get away from the police. >> his girl friend told me that the police were messing with him. he was going to get up and run, when he tried to get up and run, they started shooting him. >> reporter: this happened just a couple miles from nearby ferguson where another black teen was fatally rounded by police in august, prompting weeks of rioting. that death and other fatal encounters have led to demonstrations like this in new york demanding change and a wider soul searching across america about the policing of minority communities. the latest flash point in the suburbs of st. louis has seen looting and some arrests. and while eyewitnesses describe the crowds being small, its tensions are high. >> president obama has welcomed the announcement by sony pictures it will release it's comedy "the interview" in a limited number of theaters on christmas

martin given medical help as he lay on the corner of that petro station for two hours. he was shot fatally. we don't know when he died. but can he be saved? those are the questions where black men or black youth are being killed by police officers, if anything was done to help them prevent them from dying or whether the first impulse from police officers is at the scene and call for back up to prevent protesters. >> there have been demonstration abouts this particular incident, but the reality is those protests have been going on for some time anyway, haven't they. >> this is a coordinated campaign. it's been going on since august. it's often not reported because there have only been two nights of violence during these protests. one on the night that michael brown, the unarmed teenager killed in august, and the other when the grand jury failed to issue an indictment against the police officer who killed him. those are the two isolated incidents of violence in the area just a few miles away from this latest shooting took place. the rest of the none violence civil disobed