Two police officers shot during protest in Ferguson
Officers hit in face and shoulder after shots fired at protest outside Ferguson, Missouri, police department, hours after city’s police chief announced his resignation
Two police officers have been shot during a protest in Ferguson, according to the St Louis county police department.
Gunfire was heard at the protest outside the police department of Ferguson, Missouri, shortly after midnight Central time on Thursday morning.
The St Louis County police chief Jon Belmar, said at a press briefing: “These police officers were standing there and they were shot, just because they were police officers.”
The officers sustained “serious gunshot wounds to face and upper torso”, according to Belmar. One was from St Louis County and one was from Webster Groves. The Webster police officer is 32 years old and has been on the force for five years. No information was provided about the other officer. [
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