A year ago, the police shooting of a teenager who reportedly was trying to attack and disarm a police officer – or worse – sparked riots across the Ferguson, Missouri, area, multiple shootings, riots and mob violence that included the looting and or torching of a number of businesses.

This year, on the anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, there was a shooting, there was some rioting and some violence.

But there also were areas where the threat of mayhem suddenly disappeared.

Such as at Ferguson Market, which previously had been looted and destroyed by protesters.

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According to Gateway Pundit, the owners sat outside their store armed with shotguns, and their business was left alone.

Marches were organized and signs set up to mark the anniversary of the death of Brown, and while last year's community response had crowds running amok, this year's events were less strident.

Authorities reported a suspect who had opened fire on police officers was critically wounded when the officers returned fire.

But the injury to Tyrone Harris Jr., 18, appeared to be the worst of the action and reaction.

Harris' father told police that two girls with his son told him he was unarmed, even as St. Louis County prosecutors on Monday announced 10 charges against him – five counts of armed criminal action, four counts of first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer and a firearms charge. All 10 are felonies.

The extent of the unrest wasn't immediately known. Nor was it clear whether it would continue night to night as it did in 2014.

But officials reported the confrontations eased on Monday as rain moved through the region.

St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger did issue a state of emergency, a move that allows county Police Chief Jon Belmar to run emergency responses.

Authorities reported several dozen protesters ended up in custody for blocking a federal courthouse.

And while rocks and bottles were flying, the most serious of the confrontations happened with the shooting suspect allegedly firing into a car holding plainclothes officers, who fired back.

Tyrone Harris Sr. told The Associated Press that he son had been a friend of Brown.

Police said they believed the semi-automatic 9 mm gun the suspect used reportedly was stolen last year from Cape Girardeau, Missouri. No officer was hurt seriously, and they were on leave as the investigation is done.

Authorities also reported another drive-by shooting, but the injuries were not life-threatening, authorities said.

According to Fox, organizers had been pushing for civil disobedience, such as blocking highways, but few problems reportedly developed.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, meanwhile, reported that Sunday was announced as "Darren Wilson Day" in Columbia, Missouri, after the officer who fired the shots a year ago.

He's been in hiding, mostly, ever since.

The Facebook posting on the event explained officers were supporting Wilson because of "the fact that he was thoroughly investigated … and found he did nothing wrong."

AP, meanwhile, reported the city was "on edge."

"Of course I'm worried," Sandy Sansevere, a retired health care worker, told AP.

Author and journalist Jack Cashill, who comes from a family of police officers, does not believe Wilson deserves such a harsh fate.

"I've met Darren Wilson, and by the way, he's a great guy," Cashill, author of the recently released "Scarlet Letters: The Ever-Increasing Intolerance of the Cult of Liberalism Exposed," told WND in an interview. "He did everything right on Aug. 9, 2014, and he's paying for it with his career right now."

Indeed, the Justice Department released a report in March clearing Wilson of any wrongdoing in the Brown shooting. But many continue to believe Wilson's killing of the black teenager was racially motivated.

The DOJ simultaneously released another report outlining several instances of racist behavior by other Ferguson police officers.