m.i.t. campus. prosecutors say it shows dzhokhar and tamerlan creep up on his cruiser. shot multiple times after the suspects try to steal his gun. capturing the two running from the scene. a short time later, the sergeant arrives and makes a frantic distress call. oh my goodness. all units respond. officer down officer down. all units. get me 286, get me location officer down. incomes s ron mott joins us from the federal courthouse in boston. ron, good morning. what s taking place so far today? reporter: hey, jose. good morning to you. you know that week was a very stressful week obviously for the city of boston and the surrounding communities and it was the time when the city was really on edge about what happened and where these suspects were and then of course, we got the news about officer collier s ambush murder there on that thursday night. and then of course there was a
jump and the city manager where they were consciously driving revenue by issues tickets and driving cops to write tickets. that s unethical and borderline criminal and it s damed in the report. they had to get rid of the three people in that scheme the city manager, john shaw the judge ronald brockmeier and the police chief, thomas jackson. all of those three are gone. the other people that are gone had sent racist e-mails including william mudd the sergeant on the scene that took darren wilson s testimony and testified to the grand jury. he was one of the racist e-mailers. so the ferguson city government got rid of some dreadful dead weight that they need to get rid of if they re going to have a deal with the department of justice. chris, were the folks that were protesting last night and the folks that have been protesting what are they asking for? do they want more? do they want the resignation of the mayor? what are they asking for? you understand there a hard core that brought
the crowd based on the news that happened yesterday,ed a not everybody there expressed agitation, but we certainly are always cautious, but i didn t expect obviously either that we would have two police officers shot last night. one of the officers from st. louis county is a 41-year-old. he s a 14-year veteran of law enforcement. the webster grove officer is 32 years old, and he s a five-year veteran of law enforcement. so i ll answer any questions that you have. chief any update about the suspects who did this who you are potentially looking for? yeah. you know we have some leads on that. i m going to leave that alone at the time. let the detectives work. they are still out in the field right now. in fact, the lieutenant, the sergeant and his staff have still not had time to come in and even brief me so weave talked to them on phone. as you might imagine, this is the number one priority right now. st. louis county police department to identify these
fireworks. we ve had that in the past. once the police officers said get down get down. we got behind the brick wall and stayed there. a very tense few moments and they said, as soon as we give you the okay you run down the back of that building, and get to the very back of the parking lot. one of the officers was shot in the face. the other was shot in the shoulder. both are said to be in serious condition but injuries not believed to be life-threatening. expecting to get the very latest on their condition and maybe more information on the search for suspects in a press conference one hour from now. nbc s ron allen is live in ferguson missouri. ron, good morning. what s the very latest? reporter: jose the search for the gunman or gunmen is underway. it s unclear who fired these shots, and why it happened now. as you can see behind me the entire area around the police department is completely on lockdown. completely closed off. in that direction you can see those car, b
cnnsit room. join us monday many situation room. watch us or dvr so you won t miss a moment. thanks very much for watching. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. have a great weekend. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next. breaking news. two ferguson police officers resign after the justice department discovers racist e-mails. tonight the attorney general says the entire police force may get the boot. plus harrison ford s dramatic plane crash. the doctor who pulled the actor out of the wreckage is outfront tonight. and eric holder going for a top senate democrat for big-time corruption. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, breaking news. two ferguson police officers out of a job tonight because of racist e-mails. the city announcing officers rick hanky and william mudd