Protests in Ferguson Reach Critical Point Amid Reports of Shots Fired, Tear Gas

UPDATE -- 2:05 a.m.: 12 individuals were apparently arrested with weapons on them:

#Ferguson 12 people just arrested in truck at Canfield, two pistols on arrestees & big Molotov cocktail found in bed of truck

— David Carson (@PDPJ) August 19, 2014

UPDATE -- 12:15 a.m.: Though protests in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday stayed relatively peaceful for most of the night, there were reports of shots fired and police seemingly deployed tear gas at around midnight. Police made multiple arrests.

A police officer later confirmed to CNN that there was a gunshot victim injured during the protests. KMBC-TV reporter Eli Rosenberg posted the following photo on Twitter late Monday:

#BREAKING: Man in yellow rushed to police line. He's been shot. Holding his side. Alert. #Ferguson #MikeBrown pic.twitter.com/gAXDoQM9Yp

— Eli Rosenberg (@EliKMBC) August 19, 2014

It was unclear who shot the man pictured above. There were also unconfirmed reports of additional shots fired.

#BREAKING: Shots fired. Tear gas or smoke bombs in the distance. #Ferguson #MikeBrown pic.twitter.com/Htrt6ig3Y1

— Eli Rosenberg (@EliKMBC)

August 19, 2014

#Ferguson right now pic.twitter.com/6W38b6vngY

— Alice Speri (@alicesperi) August 19, 2014

Reports of shots fired in the area of W. Florrissant and Chambers. #Ferguson

— KSDK NewsChannel 5 (@ksdknews) August 19, 2014

Tear gas at the burned @QuikTrip in #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/AjCdDEKtC6

— FOX2now (@FOX2now) August 19, 2014

VICE News also had their own live stream going on Monday night:

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Protests continued in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday, more than a week after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Though some of the unrest was temporarily quelled when Missouri Highway Patrol replaced militarized police forces on Thursday, things spun out of control over the weekend as looting and violence reemerged.

Brown, a robbery suspect at the time, was fatally shot by Ferguson police officer Darren Williams after an alleged physical altercation. An alleged friend of Williams called into TheBlaze TV host Dana Loesch's radio show on Friday to offer what she said is the officer's side of the story.

The protests got off to a tense start as Getty photographer Scott Olson was apparently arrested and released for not clearing out of an area fast enough. Further, protesters reportedly attempted to storm Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon's office in St. Louis:

Getty Images photographer arrested #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/ScOaHO8bjY

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 18, 2014

There were reportedly several arrests made in St. Louis after protesters blocked the entrance to the governor's office.

Today: protesters chant "Hands up, don't shoot" in front of Gov. Jay Nixon's office. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/TKRflm2qGA

— NationalLawyersGuild (@NLGnews) August 18, 2014

Protesters aren't being let in, security told me they're not here on "official business" - #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/6CleokqMnA

— Chris Stanford (@StanfordKMOV) August 18, 2014

Several protesters just arrested downtown #StL including this woman for "blocking the entrance" #ferguson pic.twitter.com/3Pjka8j0Tz

— Chris Stanford (@StanfordKMOV) August 18, 2014

A look at the National Guard near #Ferguson. via @JeffBernthal pic.twitter.com/vjDRYblR55

— FOX2now (@FOX2now) August 19, 2014

TheBlaze will update this post as significant updates come in.