Two police officers were shot during overnight protests in Ferguson, Missouri, the St. Louis County Police Department said.
A St. Louis County officer, 41, was struck in the shoulder, while a Webster Groves police officer, 32, was struck in the face, said county police chief John Belmar, who spoke to media members outside of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
“These police officers were standing there, and they were shot just because they were police officers,” Belmar said.
The officers are listed in serious condition, police said.
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County police chief Belmar must be a truly remarkable individual. He knows what was in the shooters head even before the shooter is identified. Either that or he is just another lying police man (trying to buy sympathy for an out of control profession by) lying to the public.