Ferguson Protest Leader, Darren Seals Found Shot Dead in Burning Car
Heralded activist, Darren Seals, was found shot to death inside of a burning car, at approximately 1:50 AM yesterday.
On Tuesday, St. Louis police responded to reports of a flaming vehicle and ultimately discovered the bullet-ridden remains of the 29-year-old revolutionary– who gained prominence during the protest in Ferguson following the brutal murder of Mike Brown–inside the whip.
Seals, 29, described himself as a "fighter, leader" and "un-apologetically black" on his Twitter feed. He helped lead weeks-long protests over Brown's Aug. 9, 2014 killing by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb.
Tributes poured out on social media as news of his death spread.
Heart broken by the news of the death activist and Ferguson leader #DarrenSeals
— Dr. Cassandra Gould (@DrCGould) September 6, 2016
"Heartbroken by the news of the death activist and Ferguson leader#DarrenSeals," local pastor Cassandra Gould wrote on Twitter.
Police did not suggest a possible motive or name any suspects in announcing Seals' death.
Via Facebook
The authorities working on the case said in a statement that officers were called to a vehicle fire in the Riverside area of St. Louis just before 2 a.m. Tuesday. When the fire was extinguished, they found a man dead inside with a gunshot wound, the statement added.
It said "the incident is being investigated as a homicide" and later identified the dead man as Seals.
Seals was with Brown's family outside the Ferguson Police Department on the night the grand jury announcement was made not to bring charges against Darren Wilson, the officer involved in the shooting.