Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) -- A new witness in the police shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, told CNN that Brown and the police officer tussled at the police car window, then the officer shot the teen multiple times, as Brown backed away.
"What I saw was when Michael and the cop were wrestling through the window," Tiffany Mitchell told CNN's Don Lemon. A shot was fired while Brown was out the window. He got free, and the officer got out of the vehicle, followed Brown and shot him, she said.
He raised his hands, and the officer kept firing, she said.
At night, Ferguson has taken on the appearance of a police state, with tear gas canisters deployed to disperse crowds after some have become unruly.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says he will visit Ferguson on Thursday, canceling a previously planned outing elsewhere in the state.
Police fired tear gas at a crowd of protesters late Wednesday for another night, as the group gathered to protest Brown's deadly shooting.
Officers in riot gear then marched toward the protesters near a burned out gas station, which has become the gathering point for demonstrations.
Police announced that they no longer considered the protest peaceful, before they fired the canisters, CNN producer Yon Pomrenze said. People fled in all directions, as the stinging clouds wafted by them.
A separate small group of over a dozen people gathered outside Ferguson's police station holding up signs and chanting protests for a fifth day.
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