Gunfire was heard at the protest outside the police department of Ferguson, Missouri, shortly after midnight 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.
Belmar also told reporters that “the night was fairly uneventful until about midnight.”
He said the crowd was beginning to break up when several shots were fired. The Webster Grove officer was shot in the face, and the St Louis county officer was shot in the shoulder.
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