Cops Shot in Ferguson

The two police officers who were shot outside the Ferguson Police Department during a late-night demonstration were ambushed and "lucky" to be alive, the police chief of St. Louis County said Thursday, but he called for a "measured response" by officers to a community roiled by unrest.

"We were lucky by God's grace that we didn't lose two officers last night," Police Chief Jon Belmar told reporters. "We could have buried two police officers over this. ... It's a miracle we haven't had any instances similar to this in the...

Two police officers shot in Ferguson overnight during protests against the police department could have died from their injuries, and an officer who was shot in the face still has a bullet in his head, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said Thursday.

"We're lucky by God's grace we didn't lose two police officers last night," Belmar said at a press conference on Thursday. "We could have buried two police officers next week over this."

Belmar said investigators with the department believed the weapon used was a han