ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two St. Louis officers were hospitalized after being shot in neighboring Ferguson and a man who fired at them has died after being shot by police, authorities said.
Police Chief John Hayden said the two officers, both in their 20s, were in a marked squad car together around 1 p.m. Wednesday when they spotted a vehicle believed to have been linked to an overnight killing.
They followed the vehicle into Ferguson, where the driver lost control and the vehicle stopped, police said in a statement Wednesday evening. The occupants fled on foot and at least one fired officers, who returned fire.
One officer was struck in the leg. The other was struck in the abdomen and critically wounded.
Hayden initially said that officer was in “very critical” condition, but at a 5 p.m. Wednesday news conference, the chief said the officer was improving after surgery. Hayden said the officer who was shot in the leg was in stable condition, was in good spirits and was with his family.
The man who was shot by police was taken to a hospital for treatment and died Wednesday, police said. At least two additional people were taken into custody after a foot pursuit, the statement said.
Hayden said the critically injured wounded officer has been with the department 3 1/2 years. The other officer has been with the department 2 1/2 years. Their names have not been released.
The shooting happened just blocks from where Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson officer, fatally shot Michael Brown, an 18-year-old Black man, on Aug. 9, 2014, setting off months of unrest. Wilson was not charged and resigned from the police force in November 2014.
On Monday, two St. Louis officers were critically injured when they were struck by a vehicle on Interstate 64 as they responded to a crash. Four other people also were struck, leaving three of them critically injured.
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Been awhile since Ferguson was in the news. I see it hasn’t changed at all.
I’ve noticed that these cops and the cops shot in NYC were very young. PDs used to pair up young cops with older more experienced cops. Apparently they’ve run off enough of the older cops that they don’t have enough experience in the departments to break the young guys in anymore.
At least this sicko who SHOT THEM< will never ever bug anyone again…
Democrat Party coddles the blacks, But –
I.A.W. U.S. Census & 2018 FBI (Table 43a)
Black males make up about 7% of the U.S. population but every year commit ~56% of all the murders and ~54% of all robberies in the U.S... Every year in the U.S. there are ~6,000 African-Americans men, women and children killed and 92% of them were killed by fellow African-Americans.
Explain why EVERYONE in this country is not equally held accountable for their own actions??
The home and starting place of blm. At least this time the police had the good sense to allow themselves to be shot prior to dispatching the perp.