Two police officers were shot in Ferguson early Thursday morning, as demonstrations that began as a celebration of the police chief's resignation gave way to violence and gunfire.
The two officers who were shot were St. Louis County officers, the department said. Police from various jurisdictions were in the city keeping an eye on the protestors at the time.
The officers' conditions were not known, the department tweeted.
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"All of a sudden, I heard at least 4 or 5 shots rang out," witness Markus Loehrer told CNN. "It took me at least 30 seconds of watching before I realized there was an officer down. We are not there to shoot cops, we don't like violence. So we did what anybody would do -- we ran away."
Protesters had gathered outside the Ferguson Police Department Wednesday night to cheer the resignation of the city's embattled Police Chief Thomas Jackson.
The crowd had been thinning out, ready to call it a night, when the shots rang out, tweeted Susan Weich, one of several Post-Dispatch reporters reporting from the scene. Full story...
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The two officers who were shot were St. Louis County officers, the department said. Police from various jurisdictions were in the city keeping an eye on the protestors at the time.
The officers' conditions were not known, the department tweeted.
(...)
"All of a sudden, I heard at least 4 or 5 shots rang out," witness Markus Loehrer told CNN. "It took me at least 30 seconds of watching before I realized there was an officer down. We are not there to shoot cops, we don't like violence. So we did what anybody would do -- we ran away."
Protesters had gathered outside the Ferguson Police Department Wednesday night to cheer the resignation of the city's embattled Police Chief Thomas Jackson.
The crowd had been thinning out, ready to call it a night, when the shots rang out, tweeted Susan Weich, one of several Post-Dispatch reporters reporting from the scene. Full story...
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