Unrest flared hours after President Obama called for calm following the fatal police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown on 9 August.
The US attorney general is due to visit Ferguson on Wednesday to meet federal officials investigating the killing.
The National Guard has been deployed to support police operations.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced the deployment on Monday, in addition to lifting a night-time curfew imposed on the weekend.
Police and protesters clashed again, 10 days after an officer shot dead an unarmed black teenager The killing of Mr Brown by a white policeman in a street has inflamed racial tensions in the largely black community of Ferguson.
Officer Darren Wilson shot the teenager last week after reportedly stopping him for walking in the street.
'Stir chaos' Police captain Ron Johnson, who runs the operation in Ferguson, said officers were forced to move in on Tuesday after demonstrators threw bottles and two people were injured by gunfire.
Security forces also ordered the media to leave when the protesters refused to clear a main road.
Footage showed police arresting several protesters, as lines of armed officers faced up to crowds of protesters.
A photographer working for Getty Images agency was among those detained, though he was freed after a few hours.
The US attorney general is due to visit Ferguson on Wednesday to meet federal officials investigating the killing.
The National Guard has been deployed to support police operations.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced the deployment on Monday, in addition to lifting a night-time curfew imposed on the weekend.
Police and protesters clashed again, 10 days after an officer shot dead an unarmed black teenager Officer Darren Wilson shot the teenager last week after reportedly stopping him for walking in the street.
'Stir chaos' Police captain Ron Johnson, who runs the operation in Ferguson, said officers were forced to move in on Tuesday after demonstrators threw bottles and two people were injured by gunfire.
Security forces also ordered the media to leave when the protesters refused to clear a main road.
Footage showed police arresting several protesters, as lines of armed officers faced up to crowds of protesters.
A photographer working for Getty Images agency was among those detained, though he was freed after a few hours.
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