The US Attorney General has ordered a federal post-mortem examination on the body of an unarmed black teenager who was shot dead by police.
The Justice Department said in a news release on Sunday that Eric Holder had asked for the separate autopsy because of the "extraordinary circumstances involved in this case".
Michael Brown's family had also requested the move, in addition to the post-mortem examination being conducted by Missouri state medical examiners.
The 18-year-old's relatives are also planning to have a pathologist carry out an independent examination of the body, a family spokesman said.
A demonstrator overcome by the effects of gas is carried away State Governor Jay Nixon is expected to announce later whether an overnight curfew will continue for a second night in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson, after it was convulsed by more violence a week after the shooting.
He sharply criticised Ferguson police for releasing CCTV video which they say shows Michael Brown stealing a box of cigars from a store and shoving an employee.
"I think it had an incendiary effect," Gov Nixon told CBS' Face the Nation on Sunday morning, adding that police "clearly are attempting to besmirch a victim of a shooting".
Minutes after the robbery, Michael Brown had a fatal encounter with an officer who police say stopped the teenager for jaywalking.
The demonstrations have been going on for a week Early on Sunday, police again fired smoke bombs and tear gas as some protesters defied orders to disperse between midnight and 5am.
State Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson said the escalated police action was prompted by a report of a break-in at a barbecue restaurant and of an armed man in the street as armoured vehicles approached the crowd.
A man was shot and critically wounded in the area, but not by police, while someone also shot at a police car, authorities said.
Seven people were arrested for failing to disperse.
Police have defended their use of tear gas Hundreds of peaceful protesters left before the deadline took effect.
Among them was Saint Louis-born billionaire Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who kept his 2.6 million followers updated with posts and Vines from Ferguson.
But the remaining protesters - chanting "No justice! No curfew!" - refused to leave the area.
As five armoured tactical vehicles approached the crowd, officers said through a loudspeaker: "You are in violation of a state-imposed curfew. You must disperse immediately. Failure to comply may result in arrest."
Protesters say Michael Brown was trying to surrender when shot Officers put on gas masks as some of the crowd shouted back: "We have the right to assemble peacefully."
Moments later, police began firing smoke canisters into the crowd of protesters.
Speaking from the scene in Ferguson, Sky News US Correspondent Greg Milam said: "There was a hard core of about 150-200 who had said they would defy the curfew and did.
"At the time that curfew came into effect there were long lines of police with riot equipment - shields, helmets, masks and batons.
Most of the protesters have been peaceful "They stepped back, allowing Swat teams to move in with armoured vehicles."
Michael Brown was unarmed and it has been claimed he was trying to surrender before he was shot dead by officer Darren Wilson, 28, on August 9.
Scenes of militarised police in Ferguson have been broadcast around the world.
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