Two police officers shot at protest in Ferguson, now in hospital with ‘serious’ injuries

By: American Decency Staff

Two police officers were shot early Thursday during a protest outside of the Ferguson Police Department's headquarters.

The officers, who were standing guard along with several other cops, were shot at from a distance. One was shot in the face, the other in the shoulder. Both remain hospitalized, and St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said their wounds were "very serious." The officers are expected to survive, local TV station KMOV reported.

There were no arrests, and police officials said a suspect had not been identified.

The protest began Wednesday night, after Chief Thomas Jackson resigned from the St. Louis suburb’s embattled police department, part of a wave of resignations following the Justice Department's investigation of the fatal police-involved shooting of Michael Brown last summer.

There were roughly 70 protesters gathered outside of the police headquarters, located on South Florissant Rd., and the demonstration in its initial stages was non-violent, though there were reportedly some arrests. The crowd enaged in a series of chants, including the rallying cry of "Black Lives Matter," and called for further changes to the police force.

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