Protest in front of Ferguson Police Station (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
UPDATE: Thursday March 12, 3:00 AM EST
During a media brief Thursday morning, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told reporters that one officer was shot in face and another in the shoulder.
Belmar said that while both officers have “very serious” injuries, they are conscious.
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UPDATE: Thursday March 12, 2:30 AM EST
According to The St. Louis County Police Department, the two individuals shot in the early hours of Thursday were St. Louis County officers.
Two @SaintLouCo police officers were shot outside the #Ferguson PD shortly after midnight. Gathering more info. Conditions not known.
— St. Louis County PD (@stlcountypd) March 12, 2015
The two officers, who have not been identified, are expected to live, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Christine Byers reports.
Police source says both officers are expected to live — Christine Byers (@ChristineDByers) March 12, 2015
A shooter has not been taken into custody and his or her whereabouts unknown, but numerous witnesses and reporters on the scene note that the shots did not come from the direction of protestors who gathered in front of the police station Wednesday night into Thursday after Police Chief Tom Jackson resigned.
Couple of Ferguson witnesses tell me they heard shots whizzing past their heads. One saw a muzzle flash from up the hill by Andy Wurm’s lot.
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) March 12, 2015
To be crystal clear: Three witnesses tell me shots at Ferg. PD didn’t come from demonstrators, but up Tiffin Ave. on the hill by Andy Wurm.
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) March 12, 2015
STL County police officially confirm to me, two officers shot at Ferguson PD. Five witnesses fell me the shots came from behind protestors.
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) March 12, 2015
The officers conditions are unknown at this point.
A wounded officer is put into an ambulance after being shot in front of Ferguson PD on 031215. Pic- @LaurieSkrivan pic.twitter.com/PFOt53plbK
— Lynden Steele (@manofsteele) March 12, 2015
An investigation continues.
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that two police officers were “hit by gunfire” in Ferguson, Mo. early Thursday morning outside of the town’s police department:
The shots were fired as police were confronting protesters who had gathered outside the police station.
Ferguson Lt. Col. Al Eickhoff said he didn’t think either of the officers were from his department. He also didn’t know the extent of their injuries….
A police source said one of the officers is a St. Louis County officer and the other a Webster Groves officer.
VIDEO from #Ferguson moments after a police officer was reportedly shot about midnight, via @search4swag: pic.twitter.com/HaWK1KduVv
— Jason Whitely (@JasonWhitely) March 12, 2015
We’ll bring you more on this story as developments come in.
JUST IN: Two St. Louis County Police Officers Hit By Gunfire In Ferguson was originally published on newsone.com
