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Manhunt for gunman in shooting that seriously injured 2 cops outside Ferguson police department

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The gunman who shot two Missouri police officers early Thursday at a protest outside the Ferguson police headquarters remains at large, and a top law enforcement official said it was only "by God's grace" that the two cops -- one of whom was hit in the face -- are expected to survive.

"Lucky," St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said at a news conference hours after the early morning shootings. "By God's grace we didn't lose two officers last night."

The police officers, one a member of Belmar's force and the other from another county police department, were both released from the hospital late Thursday morning. The officer

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