Suspect Arrested in Shooting of 2 Officers in Ferguson, Police Say
Suspect Arrested in Shooting of 2 Officers in Ferguson, Police Say, The St. Louis County police have arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting of two police officers outside of the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday morning, according to a police spokesman.
The police and prosecutors have scheduled a news conference later Sunday to announce the arrest.
The two officers — one from the county police and the other from the nearby Webster Groves department — were standing shoulder to shoulder as part of a protective line facing demonstrators across the street. At least three gunshots came from a distance behind the demonstrators, as much as 125 yards away, the authorities said.
The demonstration followed an announcement that the police chief in Ferguson, Thomas Jackson, was resigning, the latest senior city administrator to step down after a Justice Department report last week found unconstitutional practices in the city’s police and court system.
The two officers, whom the authorities declined to name, were treated at a hospital and recuperating at home, according to Chief Jon M. Belmar of the St. Louis County Police Department.
The demonstration was part of months of protests over the death of an unarmed black teenager who was shot by a white officer here in August. The shooting ratcheted up tensions that have been simmering since Aug. 9, when a white police officer, Darren Wilson, fatally shot an unarmed, 18-year-old black man, Michael Brown.
The police and prosecutors have scheduled a news conference later Sunday to announce the arrest.
The two officers — one from the county police and the other from the nearby Webster Groves department — were standing shoulder to shoulder as part of a protective line facing demonstrators across the street. At least three gunshots came from a distance behind the demonstrators, as much as 125 yards away, the authorities said.
The demonstration followed an announcement that the police chief in Ferguson, Thomas Jackson, was resigning, the latest senior city administrator to step down after a Justice Department report last week found unconstitutional practices in the city’s police and court system.
The two officers, whom the authorities declined to name, were treated at a hospital and recuperating at home, according to Chief Jon M. Belmar of the St. Louis County Police Department.
The demonstration was part of months of protests over the death of an unarmed black teenager who was shot by a white officer here in August. The shooting ratcheted up tensions that have been simmering since Aug. 9, when a white police officer, Darren Wilson, fatally shot an unarmed, 18-year-old black man, Michael Brown.