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And a 41-year-old officer was shot in the shoulder. there were about 40 police officers and 75 demonstrators on the scene at the time. that's according to st. louis county police chief jon belmar. no police officers returned fire. the wounded officers were rushed from the scene. today the chief called it an ambush and indicated it might have come from among the crowd of protesters. >> i would have to imagine that these protesters were among the shooters that shot at the police officers. my officers tell me that when this happened, when they heard the shots and when they heard the bullets zingi...

Protest community was indicative of his inability to lead what we believe should be thoughtful police -- who makes statements like that without any evidence, without talking to any witnesses? what we know to be true is what was true yesterday is true today. this is a place that racist policing has been proven, not only by lived experience but by the department of justice. we know those things to be true and we believe that is enough to get the movement back on track. there was an effort to derail us in august. there were efforts with other things that happened and we've remained sol it and we ...

No police officers returned fire. the wounded officers were rushed from the scene. today the chief called it an ambush and indicated it might have come from among the crowd of protesters. >> i would have to imagine that these protesters were among the shooters that shot at the police officers. my officers tell me that when this happened when they heard the shots and when they heard the bullets zinging past they saw muzzle flashes. but these were probably about 125 yards away. >> protesters maintained it came from a hill about 220 yards directly across from the station, according to "the new yo...

And we believe that is enough to get the movement back on track. there was an effort to derail us in august. there were efforts with other things that happened and we've remained sol it and we anticipate we will remain solid, because the work we're doing is so real. >> but you have some officers who are receiving fire in the middle from the darkness they see muzzle flashes behind protesters. can you imagine circumstances where police officers truly believe there are gunmen embedded with you all? >> we don't -- >> that is the danger there. i think for the people around this country right now, i...

Hill straight down to where the police officers -- the police officers were in the grassy area just beyond the wrought iron fence, beyond the lamppost. they were shoulder to shoulder in a line and the two officers in the middle of that line standing next to each other were hit, one in the shoulder one in the cheekbone, in his face. so i think now that -- also in looking at the other buildings in the area i don't think anybody was on the roof. witnesses are very adamant that the muzzle flashes were coming from up the street up the hill and not on rooftops nearby or from within the crowd itself....