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To be held just down toward the ferguson brew house if you're familiar with the ferguson area. it's an area where there's a large area for people to gather for the vigil tonight. >> okay. last night when you were at the police station and you saw the shooting happen, can you just tell us what happened? it's my understanding when i looked at the footage it seemed like it was sort of a protest/rally. it seemed to be sort of winding down when the shots rang out. what happened? >> you could almost say that the protest did wind down when the shots rang out. it was around 12:00 midnight last night. ...

One of those people could be the shooter. now i want to set the scene here so you get a better idea of how this shooting happened. police say they believe the shots rang out from a hill that is overlooking the police department. authorities say officers saw muzzle flashes some 125 yards away so presumably these bullets had to whiz over the protesters who were standing between the area where the muzzle flashes were seen and the area where the police officers were shot. now in the hours following the shooting police went to a house that's just a few blocks away from here they executed a search w...

Walked past us while i was waiting to take the shot. but about 40 people walked past us towards where the candlelight vigil was scheduled to be held just down toward the ferguson brew house if you're familiar with the ferguson area. it's an area where there's a large area for people to gather for the vigil tonight. >> okay. last night when you were at the police station and you saw the shooting happen, can you just tell us what happened? it's my understanding when i looked at the footage it seemed like it was sort of a protest/rally. it seemed to be sort of winding down when the shots rang out...

>> you could almost say that the protest did wind down when the shots rang out. it was around 12:00 midnight last night. most of the police were already sent home by the commander officers. most protesters left to go home. and you heard out of nowhere what sounded like a fire cracker or firework go off at the top of the hill. once we looked to the top of the hill we saw what looked to be muzzle flashes from gunfire firing towards -- from my standpoint, towards my direction as well as the officers. i was adjacent to the officers in front of the ferguson police department. >> was it scare y i? i...

Shot. it is a reality check for us. an ugly reminder of the hazard of the profession. it plays into the minds and the thought process. you know guys coming here tonight and guys coming out two weeks ago. there is a different mindset. it has become a reality. a painful reality. >> reporter: a reality check that officers are talking about. we have seen a lot of that on social media. we know the community is calling in and trying to talk about the muzzle flashes that were 125 yards away as the investigation continues and they continue to look for two people. we heard for calm being called from th...