There wasnt a it wasnt in somebodys brain or heart or anything like this. But you need to know these two officers took a very hard hit. Any time youre not in the face and have a bullet lodged in your head have a through and through wound where the bullet enters your shoulder and comes out the middle of your right back those are hard hits. Were lucky by gods grace we dont lose two officers last night. Police say the shooting of the two officers was an ambush and that the shots were direct the at the police. The protests were winding down when shots rang out. Jake tap ser there joining us. Give us the latest on whats going on. We know this search apparently still continued for the shooter or more shooters. Reporter thats right. St. Louis county police were searching a house earlier today at nearby dade avenue. They took out three individuals. A neighbor described at least the woman as having been handcuffed. The police say nobody is in custody and nobody is arrested but they are being questioned as to who shot these two Police Officers. We also know that the two officers thankfully have been released from the hospital. And seem to be okay. What we know about them one of them is a Police Officer from nearby webster grove. Hes 32 years old. Been on the force for seven years. Apparently the bullet went in right under his right eye and its still lodged behind his year even though he was discharged from the hospital and is expected to be okay. The other officer from st. Louis county 14year veteran of Law Enforcement. That bullet hit a shoulder came out the middle of his back. They have both been treated and released and expected to make a full recovery. They were standing next to each other were told there were about two dozen Police Officers right at the police station. And the shots came from a nearby parking lot. Right now, wolf i want to bring in a witness to what happened last night, one of the protestors. Thank you so much for being here. Shes from nearby st. Louis. She works for amnesty international. Tell us if you would, about first of all what you saw when it came to the shooting . From what i saw, the bullets came from the hill. It was behind the protestors and i was standing over there where the gray car is. Like i heard four shots ring out. And then i looked over. As im like panning from the protestors to the police i see protestors on the ground and theyre crawling. We didnt know if anymore shots were going to be fired. The police were on the ground also for about a minute. And then they got up and half of them trained their guns onto the hill and then the other half were helping the Police Officers up and dragging them across the grass. Reporter so youre saying that the bullets came from behind the protestors not from within . No. Reporter there were about a hundred protestors . Last night i would say 200 total, but at the time maybe 60 or 70. Reporter even though the police chief announced his resignation, a county clerk, a local clerk has as well as other individuals, you guys want the police force disbanded thats why the protest and the mayor to resign. We protested last night because theres still no notice there are seven total black men and teenage boys killed in st. Louis. Even though the chief stepped down and the city manager, thats still not a win. Reporter what i understand there had been arrests before the shots rang out. The police had arrested some of the protestors for various things blocking streets. You saw those arrests . Thats normal for the olice. They did snatch and grab last night also which is normal for them. We were reporter can you explain what that means . When they approach protestors and cause commotion and snatch and grab people out of the crowd. They arrested three people i think. A legal observer and a protestor went to the Ferguson Police department at the time like right before the shots were fired and they were working on getting people out. So they were standing at the door. Even though the shots were fired and hit the police they could have hit the protestors and the lawyers also. Reporter theres video out there of police on the ground tending to the two wounded officers. Kind of being harassed or razzed by some of the crowd. Did you witness any of that . No. Protestors definitely were trying to get off the parking lot and drive away. We had to walk across the parking lot with our hands up and the police still trained their guns on us as if they we were the suspects. Reporter were you here in october after the verdict or lack of verdict was announced . I recall the same thing, shots being fired from above the hill. Protestors down here shots from up there. You remember that as well . Yes. Its a dangerous situation. Its a dark street. You cant see up there. Anybody could be up there. Reporter all right. Were glad youre okay. Wolf back to you. Well have a special hour coming up later today 4 00 p. M. Eastern on the lead. Lets go to our National Correspondent jason carol. The shooter is still on the loose. Youre outside the home where a tactical situation thats what the police described it has just wrapped up. What can you tell us . Reporter well, were just about a half mile from where jake was located here on dade avenue. The house behind me is the one you see here. That is the one in question. According to neighbors, three people taken out of the house in custody, brought in for questioning. I actually spoke to the grandmother, wolf, of one of the young women taken into custody. Shes 23 years old. Her grandmother tells me that last night her granddaughter did show up at that protest and then she got a call from her saying she was upset, she had heard the shooting and the gunfire. Her grandmother told her to get home right away. Her grandmother says thats the last she heard until this morning when she got a call from a neighbor to say to come over to the house because it was surrounded by police. I spoke to her just a little while ago. I want you to listen to what her grandmother had to say. Theres too much going on. Already stress out. Its just too much stuff going on with these kids. Its just crazy. Its so crazy these kids up there protesting and doing this. They need to be at home. Thats where they need to be. In the house. Its really uncalled for whats going on. Its really uncalled for. Reporter you can see there wolf the grandmother very upset about whats going on in ferguson. She says her grand daughter is not a suspect. She says she was simply brought in for questioning. I asked her, did she see anyone that may have fired a shot. She did not believe her granddaughter saw anyone that had fired a shot. According to neighbors here two other young men also inside the house brought in for questioning as well. Well see if that leads anywhere. Stand by. We just got a statement in from the participates of Michael Brown junior. Hes the young man that was shot and killed in ferguson by a Police Officer. Heres the statement. The family of Michael Brown junior condemns this mornings senseless shooting of two ferguson Police Officers. We reject any kind of violence directed toward members of Law Enforcement. It cannot and will not be tolerated. We specifically denounce the actions of standalone acknowledge stay tors who unsuccessfully attempt to derail the otherwise peaceful and Nonviolent Movement that emerged throughout the nation to confront Police Brutality and forward the cause of equality under the law for all. We must Work Together to bring peace to our communities. Our thoughts and prayers remain with the officers injured during this morning shooting. And their families. A strong statement from Michael Browns parents at least by the law firm representing them. President obama also speaking out on these shootings in ferguson for the first time on twitter. Lets go to michelle. Whats he saying michelle . Hi wolf. Written by the president himself saying that violence against police is unacceptable. Our prayers are with the officers in missouri. Path to justice is one all of us must tral together. We heard earlier today too from the attorney general eric holder. His statement was equally strong this heinous assault was inexcusable and repugnant. Icon dem violence against any Public Safety officials in the strongest terms and the department of justice will never accept any threats or violence directed at those who serve and protect our communities. He said too, we will continue to stand against all acts of violence against cops wherever whenever they occur. Thats what weve seen throughout. And incidents prior as well. They feel they need to make these strong statements against patterns of activity within the Police Department against violence with protestors. But at the same time they want to keep this balance. Were told that the attorney general is going to be making a statement. Hes going to be speaking at a previously scheduled event this hour. Well see if he speaks about the shootings of those Police Officers in ferguson. Well have coverage of that. Eric holder is getting ready to speak this hour. Much more coming up on the Ferguson Police shootings, indeluding the impact. All of this on an already fractured community. Ill speak with the president of the naacps st. Louis branch. Thats coming up. Police say theyve recovered shell casings that could be tied to the Ferguson Police shootings. The Ferguson Police chief was asked what kind of gun was used. We feel like its a pistol, a handgun. We recovered some shell casings in the area. We dont know 100 yet if those are going to be the shell casings that are going to be attributed to this shooting. So but we do believe its a handgun based on the way the shots sounded and the injuries to the Police Officers. Joining us on the phone right now, former mb assistant director tom fuentes. I assume crucial to the investigation are the ballistics theyre discovers right now. First of all, the shell casing can be matched to a particular firearm. The extractor that causes the shell to be ejected will be unique. The firing pin that strikes the primer will be unique and identifiable to the either arm, but they have to recover that firearm. The actual ledad will have striations on it. At some point, theyll need that particular bullet and see if its not been too damaged by striking bone and other tissue in good enough shape to conduct a ballistics test and link it to a specific gun and gun barrel. Theyve already suggested very strongly its a handgun, a himself that was used. How do they know that so quickly as opposed to lets say a rifle . I think theyre basing it number one on the shell casings let them assume its probably a handgun. Secondly the crowd, when you fire a rifle, a rifle bullet is super sonic. In other words it breaks the sound barrier and leaves a loud crack sound that everybody would have clearly heard very loudly. Also the bullet speed of a handgun might be around 700 feet per second. Fired out of a rifle, over 2,000 feet per second and much larger. And a bullet wound like that striking someone at the high point of their right cheek would almost certainly be a fatal wound. Whoever did this shooting must have had pretty good aim to use a pistol or a handgun in a way like this specifically targeting two Police Officers. Thats extremely accurate. Youre right. Having been a police and fbi firearm instructor for many years, to shoot a handgun at 125 yards and fire four shots, two of them striking officers standing side by side that really is remarkable marksmanship. 125 yards, thats more than a football field. To be that precise that requires a lot of experience. I assume thats further going to help authorities try to find the person or persons responsible. Well, it certainly may. Im telling you, even for trained Police Officers shooting at ten or 20 feet to be able to hit targets that accurately is pretty good shooting. You know we watch tv shows and think that you know like james bond somebody can shoot 125 yards away and shoot the gun out of the persons hand which is absurd. That takes a great deal of skill to be able to fire. If it was just one lucky shot that would be one thing. To shoot two officers standing next to each other, thats pretty clearly excellent marksmanship. Tom, thank you very much. Coming up more on the breaking news a. 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The police chief says quoting him now, i think its a miracle that we havent had any instances similar to this over the summer and fall. Joining us now a adolphus pruitt. Hes the president of the st. Louis naacp. Thanks for joining us. This is a serious setback, this shooting of these two Police Officers. Give us your reaction to what has happened in your community over the past few hours. Unfortunately, last night was a violent night here in st. Louis. We had a 5yearold killed in one part of the city and later on in the night, we had two Police Officers shot. Its never good to have anybody suffering from a gunshot wound of any nature irrespective of what it is theyre doing and who theyre representing. So it was a bad night. Im just looking forward to moving on and continuing the conversation going in the direction it needs to go in to bring the change that needs to happen with police and reinforcing a policeman and the police and community relationship. Most of the protestors as you well know mr. Pruitt theyve been peaceful. Going way back there have been these outside agitators who come in and create violence. The Michael Brown parents they issued a statement saying that they support the Peaceful Demonstrations certainly in memory of their son, but they denounce the actions of standalone acknowledge staygitators. Tell us about these people. Unfortunately, the fact that they have been here off and on throughout most of the protest is not new. We all know about them us and Law Enforcement have been keeping our eye on them. But they theyre here we just need to recognize the fact that we need to be vigilant make sure that we watch out for everybodys best interest and not get caught up in whats going on and let it derail the process going on here in ferguson. At the end of the day we still have to move the ball forward. We still have to create the changes that need to happen. And were not going to let anybody on the outside or inside derail us from that goal or mission. Jeff, who is with the st. Louis Police Officers organization. He was on cnns new day earlier today. He said the protestors have poured kerosene on this fire and have been aiding and abetting the agitators. I want you to respond because hes obviously upset that these two Police Officers have been seriously hurt in these two shootings. You know i guess the best way to respond to jeff is that not too long ago there was a hearing for a Community Oversight board piece of legislation. Most people would say that his actions there made him the agitator. And he went further and got into a physical confrontation with folks there simply there to testify. So i mean jeff is jeff and i think we all know what his motivation is. The Ferguson Police chief, as you know, he resigned yesterday. Going to take effect next week. Other officials in ferguson have resigned. Two Police Officers were let goe. The county clerk, one of the judges, the city manager. Is that enough or do you think there should be more resignations . Specifically the mayor, the mayor of ferguson, must he go . I think our National President said it best they were scrammingbleing like roach when is you turn the light on. I think we support that sentiment. There has to be change in ferguson. There has to be change in policing in this whole region and its got to happen and its going to happen. Those folks who try to derail it or those folks hoping it doesnt happen theyre going to come up short. The doj report in itself is the foundation for change that needed it is clear, it outlines the fact and were going to act on those facts and make sure that the changing happen. Adolphus pruitt thanks very much for joining us. No thank you. Much more on the breaking news the breaking coverage of the Ferguson Police shootings. Thats coming up. Also a new scandal for the u. S. Secret service. 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