Best News: 2 Police officers shot near Ferguson Police Department

FERGUSON, MO (KPLR) – Around midnight two police officers were shot near the Ferguson Police Department. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar held a press conference just before 2 a.m., Thursday morning at Barnes Hospital. According to Belmar, they were standing with a group of officers in front of the police department on South Florissant Road.

The chief stated a 32-year-old Webster Groves police officer with 5-years of service was shot in the face. The second officer, a 41-year-old, 14-year veteran of the St. Louis County Police Department, was shot in the shoulder. They are expected to survive.

He further stated that he believed the shooter was "somehow embedded in that group of folks."

A wounded officer is put into an ambulance after being shot in front of Ferguson PD on 031215. Pic- @LaurieSkrivan http://ift.tt/1b3Bacg

— Lynden Steele (@manofsteele) March 12, 2015

Crime scene techs just picked up helmet of officer shot. Blood on the ground #Ferguson

— Susan Weich (@susan_weich) March 12, 2015

Here's a clip of a livestream that captures the shots being fired in Ferguson: http://t.co/51wMEzEfm2

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) March 12, 2015

Police mobilize after two police officers were shot in front of #Ferguson PD on Thursday, March 12, 2015. http://ift.tt/1GupQQb

— Laurie Skrivan (@LaurieSkrivan) March 12, 2015

Police stand guard after two cops shot in front of Ferguson PD on 031215. Pic- @LaurieSkrivan http://ift.tt/1B7ckxe

— Lynden Steele (@manofsteele) March 12, 2015

Police take cover after two cops were shot in front of Ferguson PD on Thursday, March 12, 2015. Pic- @LaurieSkrivan http://ift.tt/1Fdvbx0

— Lynden Steele (@manofsteele) March 12, 2015

My colleague @susan_weich was standing just yards away from the officers who were shot tonight in #Ferguson. http://ift.tt/1BuMecc

— Paul Hampel (@phampel) March 12, 2015

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

Additional crime tape going up now outside Ferguson P.D. Officers from multiple jurisdictions standing guard. http://ift.tt/1B7ciWd

— Jeff Bernthal (@JeffBernthal) March 12, 2015

Post-Dispatch developing story about two officers shot tonight in front of #Ferguson PD: http://t.co/oiZIC6HFi6 http://ift.tt/1FQ0gFc

— Staci D Kramer (@sdkstl) March 12, 2015

Officers shot near protests tonight in Ferguson… "@search4swag: http://ift.tt/1L0cstB"

— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) March 12, 2015

Terrible situation in #Ferguson, where two officers have been shot http://t.co/3K6RpZIipj

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) March 12, 2015

Witnesses say shots came from a hill across street from P.D. http://ift.tt/1Fdvbx2

— Jeff Bernthal (@JeffBernthal) March 12, 2015

Outside Ferguson P.D. http://ift.tt/1B7ckxg

— Jeff Bernthal (@JeffBernthal) March 12, 2015

Lt. Col. Al Eickhoff says two officers not believed to be Ferguson officers have been shot. Unsure of injuries.

— Christine Byers (@ChristineDByers) March 12, 2015

First officer taken away was white #Ferguson .

— Susan Weich (@susan_weich) March 12, 2015

Carrying the officer away and guns drawn. #ferguson http://t.co/gmVMZV70JG http://ift.tt/1C9g4VY

— Dr. Cornel Fresh (@WyzeChef) March 12, 2015

Two police officers have been shot in #Ferguson.

— Christine Byers (@ChristineDByers) March 12, 2015

Current scene. It's wild. Ferguson PD https://t.co/qIbC4JKQHc

— deray mckesson (@deray) March 12, 2015

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