Hundreds of people protesting the police shooting of Antwon Rose marched in Downtown Pittsburgh as a smaller group blocked the Homestead Grays Bridge several miles away, causing it to be shut down for an hour.

The protest ended about midnight with demonstrators vowing to return to the streets Saturday.

It marked the third straight night of demonstrations since Rose was shot by a police officer Tuesday evening in East Pittsburgh.

The were at least four arrests of protesters in Homestead on Friday night and a motorist was arrested on a summary charge in Pittsburgh for taunting the crowd on East Ohio Street.

One exit of PNC Park on Pittsburgh's North Shore was shut down for a time while the Pirates baseball game was in progress as the demonstrators gathered near the home plate gate.

And Pittsburgh Police confirmed early Friday that a black sedan drove through a group of protesters on the North Shore and drove off.

No injuries were reported. Police are searching for the vehicle, believed to be a Mercedes.

Friday night's protest in Downtown Pittsburgh started at Port Authority's Wood Street T station. A group marched down Liberty Avenue holding a banner reading "Fire Killer Cops" that stretched nearly as wide as the major Downtown artery.

When a car tried to drive through the protest, the group linked arms forming a wall, chanting "no justice no peace" until an officer helped the man turn around, followed by a Port Authority bus.

The group made its way to the Roberto Clemente Bridge, getting to the gates of PNC Park about 20 minutes before the first pitch of the Pirates game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

An officer told a Tribune-Review reporter that police would not try to stop the crowd from entering the stadium.

"They're going to go wherever they want to go," the officer said.

Demonstrators didn't go in.

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