Arrest made in Ferguson shooting of police officers

Protesters march in front of the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri on March 14, 2015. An arrest was made Sunday in connection with a shooting of two police officers during a late-night demonstration in Ferguson. Photo by REUTERS/Jim Young

An arrest was made Sunday in connection with last week’s shooting of two police officers following a late-night protest in Ferguson, Mo., the St. Louis County Police Department said.

St. Louis officials will hold a press conference at 2:30 ET at which time more details will be released. The press conference will stream live in the player above.

Two officers were injured by the shooting. One officer was struck in the face and another was hit in the shoulder. Both were released from the hospital following treatment.

Bradley Rayford, a witness to the shooting, said on Thursday’s PBS NewsHour that he heard “what sounded like a firecracker” when the shots went off. “We looked up to the top of the hill, and we saw two or three more actual gunshot — flares from the muzzle of a gun firing towards the officers,” he said.

St. Louis Police Chief Jon Belmar called the attack “an ambush.” “You can’t see it coming,” he said. “You don’t understand that it’s going to happen, and you’re basically defenseless from the fact that it is happening to you at the time.”

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