2 Officers Are Shot Outside Ferguson Police Station

Two police officers standing guard outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police department were shot early Thursday in what St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar called an "ambush," spurring a manhunt for whomever directed gunfire at the line of officers.

Chaos, pain — and a lecture. The "ambush"-style shooting of two police officers outside the Ferguson Police Department late Wednesday night was caught on camera, and the reaction of at least one person on the scene 

Two police officers standing guard outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police department were shot early Thursday in what St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar called an "ambush," spurring a manhunt for whomever directed gunfire at the line of officers.

Two police officers standing guard outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police department were shot early Thursday morning, spurring a manhunt for those responsible and stirring questions about what's next for protesters who 

NBC News producer Jennifer Roller said protests outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police department had started “to calm down for the evening” when multiple gunshots rang out early Thursday. "It sounded like firecrackers, that's what we thought at first