FERGUSON • After a night in Ferguson that again turned violent after weeks of relative calm, the Missouri Highway Patrol captain in charge of security in the area called on peaceful protesters to take a more active role. 
 
 "Today I am asking the many coalitions who stated they were for peace to stand publicly," Capt. Ronald S. Johnson said at a press conference Wednesday morning. "I ask those political leaders who have stood in Ferguson and watched the behaviors of unpeaceful protesters to stand." 
 
 The press conference followed a night where some protesters turned violent. Windows were smashed at one shop and protesters attempted to loot it, Johnson said. A fire was believed set at another business. Rocks and bricks were thrown at police at one point, and two officers were injured, Johnson said. A rock hit one officer just centimeters below his eye. 
 
 Shots were fired near officers, including Johnson, who said he saw the muzzle flash near the weapon. No one was reported shot. 
 
 Four adults and one juvenile were arrested overnight, he said. They were accused of assault, inciting a riot or failure to disperse. 
 
 "We cannot have nights like last night," Johnson said Wednesday, flanked by other law enforcement leaders at a press conference in Weldon Spring. "We can't have actions like last night that can result in injury or death. Those will not be tolerated." 
 
 Johnson said he the rhetoric he heard among some protesters Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning was about violence and looting. He said the coalition leaders told him privately that that's not the message they endorse. 
 
 "I'm asking them to say that in public," he said. 
 
 It's not clear what sparked the more violent protest after several weeks of relatively calmer gatherings. A fire on Tuesday morning destroyed one of two memorials to Michael Brown on Canfield Drive, near the site where he was shot on Aug. 9 by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. People gathered and rebuilt the memorial Tuesday morning, but many were angry and believed it had been intentionally set by someone. 
 
 In a statement released Wednesday afternoon, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson said intelligence suggested some of the violence "was initiated by misinformation about the fire at one of the Michael Brown memorials." 
 
 Tuesday night, windows were smashed at Beauty Town, on West Florissant Avenue not far from Canfield Drive, and looters attempted to take the cash register, Johnson said. Protesters gathered shortly afterward, reaching as many as 200 about 10:30 p.m. 
 
 Police officials, including Johnson, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar and St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson, went to the scene. The crowd eventually dwindled to about 50 to 75 shortly before midnight. A line of about a dozen police faced the remaining protesters. 
 
 Juan Santos, manager of Beauty Town, said this was the third time the store has been broken into since the fatal Aug. 9 fatal shooting of Brown touched off protests and, at times, looting. 
 
 Santos said the windows had been replaced just a week ago at a cost of $1,300. He got the boards from the basement and put them back on the newly smashed windows, saying he "will probably leave them up for a while now." 
 
 Some Ferguson police in the area were wearing their new body cameras, but some were not. When asked, some said they had been on duty with their cameras on for as much as 20 hours and the batteries had died. 
 
 The Ferguson Fire Department received a call about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday about a small fire outside the Whistle Stop custard shop and Depot Museum at the Ferguson Depot on Carson Road near South Florissant Road. Fire Capt. Jeremy Corcoran said Ferguson police used a garden hose attached to the building to put out the flames before the firefighters arrived. Firefighters took over to make sure the blaze was out 
 
 Corcoran said the fire originated at an outside corner of the building. He said there was a strong smell of gasoline, and based on that and where the fire was located, he suspects it was intentionally set. The St. Louis County bomb and arson squad has been called to investigate, he said. 
 
 Police began clearing the street about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday along West Florissant. Some protesters threw bottles at police as they were being moved north on West Florissant toward Canfield Drive. Flashlights were aimed at officers' eyes so they couldn't see clearly as some in the crowd shouted threats about burning businesses and shooting police. 
 
 The entrance to the Canfield Green apartments was blocked off, and about 12:50 a.m. police begin leaving the scene. Then someone fired about six shots from a building roughly 150 yards from the entrance to the apartments. No one was hit, and police did not go into the cordoned-off area to pursue the shooter. 
 
 Johnson said he, Belmar and Dotson all were nearby and took cover. 
 
 "We saw the muzzle flash come from the weapon," he said. 
 
 Ferguson police reported several other calls for shots fired and small fires overnight. 
 
 Johnson has said in the past that he believes much of the unrest in Ferguson has been caused by outside agitators. "Last night, many were residents of Ferguson," he said. 
 
 The message he heard from the crowd, Johnson said, "was about hate ... It was about looting." 
 
 Police wore bulletproof vests but not riot gear and other equipment that has been criticized as the "militarization" of police because the situation escalated suddenly, Johnson said. That might change in the face of physical threats, he said. 
 
 "I will promise the spouses, the family members and the kids, we will do everything to protect your loved ones who wear this uniform," he said. 
 
 But at a different point, he said he takes each day as it comes. "I woke up today and there's no signs we need to do anything different than we did last night." 
 
 Johnson said he's dedicated to protecting the rights of people to peacefully protest, but said the "unpeaceful" can't be allowed to harm people or damage property. He said police would pull those people out of the crowd and asked the peaceful to be aware of that. 
 
 Speaking about the fire at the Michael Brown memorial Tuesday morning, Johnson said he doesn't know how it started and that firefighters are investigating. 
 
 "The unpeaceful protesters who were attempting to say this was law enforcement's fault, that law enforcement didn't put it out ... It started out rather small. Someone could have gone in a home and pulled out a cup of water, a pot of water, to put it out," Johnson said. "Instead they stood there for 11 minutes watching it burn until police got there, and ran door to door saying police started this fire." 
 
 He said he doesn't believe a law enforcement officer would have started it. 
 
 He responded to a question about a "I am Darren Wilson" wristband an officer was reportedly wearing and said he would talk to the various police departments involved in Ferguson about the report. 
 
 "I think that that was not a statement of law enforcement, that wearing of that was an individual statement," Johnson said of the report. ||||| FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Anger spilled over Tuesday after fire destroyed one of two memorials on the street where Michael Brown was killed, a site that has become sacred to many in Ferguson and others nationwide focused on interactions between minorities and police. 
 
 Tim Sneed kneels at a new teddy bear memorial on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo., near the spot of where Michael Brown was shot by Ferguson police office Darren Wilson on Aug. 9. The original... (Associated Press) 
 
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 A fire burns Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 at a memorial in Ferguson, Mo., on the site where a Missouri police officer fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown. Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson says the cause... (Associated Press) 
 
 A new teddy bear memorial is cordoned off, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo., near the spot of where Michael Brown was shot by Ferguson police office Darren Wilson on Aug. 9. The original teddy... (Associated Press) 
 
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 A new teddy bear memorial is cordoned off on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo., near the spot of where Michael Brown was shot by Ferguson police office Darren Wilson on Aug. 9. The original teddy... (Associated Press) 
 
 A woman walks past a new teddy bear memorial that is cordoned off on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo., near the spot of where Michael Brown was shot by Ferguson police office Darren Wilson on... (Associated Press) 
 
 A fire burns Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo., at a memorial on the site where a Missouri police officer fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown. Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson says the cause... (Associated Press) 
 
 A fire burns Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 at a memorial in Ferguson, Mo., on the site where a Missouri police officer fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown. Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson says the cause... (Associated Press) 
 
 A woman kneels at a memorial Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at the site where 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed by police in Ferguson, Mo. A second memorial, background right, was rebuilt by residents after... (Associated Press) 
 
 How the fire happened wasn't immediately clear, but it stoked fresh resentment among those who question whether the shooting of the unarmed, black 18-year-old by a white Ferguson police officer on Aug. 9 is being adequately investigated. 
 
 "It's the same as if somebody came and desecrated a grave," Anthony Levine of Florissant, another St. Louis suburb, said as he studied the charred scene and shook his head. 
 
 Many who gathered at the site Tuesday blamed police for the blaze, even as the chief said officers did everything they could to keep the stuffed animals and other items from burning. 
 
 More than six weeks after Brown's death, residents and others remain upset about the way his body lay in the street for more than four hours while police investigated the shooting. Many insist he was trying to surrender, with his hands up. 
 
 They're also angry that the officer who shot him, Darren Wilson, remains free and on paid administrative leave while a state grand jury weighs whether Wilson should face criminal charges. The Justice Department also is investigating. 
 
 The memorial fire and ensuing outcry was a reminder of the simmering tensions that have only deepened since Brown's death, which prompted several nights of riots and protests in the predominantly black suburb where just three blacks serve on a 53-officer force. 
 
 Two memorials were put up the day Brown was killed. The one not damaged by fire is in the middle of Canfield Drive — a narrow band of stuffed animals, crosses, handmade signs and other items at the exact spot where Brown was shot. 
 
 The smaller memorial that burned sat a few feet away with teddy bears, blankets and signs circling a light post. It often included candles that were sometimes lit. 
 
 Many residents at the fire scene doubted a candle was the culprit, though. Most were certain someone set the blaze. Some said they smelled gasoline. 
 
 "That's very disrespectful to burn down a memorial to someone that got killed," said Meldon Moffitt, who lives nearby. "That's just wrong! The police came here and watched it burn." 
 
 Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson said in an emailed statement that the fire left him "saddened." He said the first officer on the scene tried to extinguish the blaze but couldn't. The Fire Department eventually put it out. 
 
 By late morning, the memorial already had been rebuilt with fresh teddy bears, a blanket and new signs. The light post and sidewalk remained charred. About 75 people joined hands in prayer, shouting, "We are Mike Brown!"
– Tensions in Ferguson may have been muted for the past few weeks, but they haven't dissipated. One of two memorials for Michael Brown near the spot where he was killed went up in flames yesterday—and some residents think the fire was intentionally set, especially given reports of a gasoline smell. Police are also being blamed for not doing more as the teddy bears, signs, and blankets burned, reports the AP. "The police came here and watched it burn," a man who lives near the Canfield Drive tributes says. Tom Jackson, Ferguson's police chief, said in a statement that he was "saddened" by the fire and that the first officer who arrived at the scene couldn't handle the flames on his own and had to call the fire department. The memorial's destruction appears to have created more unrest: At least three people have been arrested after one business went up in flames (with a similar reported gasoline smell), another was broken into, and shots were fired as police left a local apartment complex they had just blocked off, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Police also tell KSDK that someone attempted to "light up" an auto repair shop frequented by law enforcement. Further ratcheting up tensions: a Ferguson city council meeting yesterday evening that tabled a vote to set up a citizen review board to keep an eye on police, KSDK notes. A new memorial to Brown has been created and placed on the charred site of the original one, the AP notes.