BREAKING: Report of SHOTS FIRED at Police in Ferguson
From a St. Louis traffic reporter:
#Breaking report of an officer taking gunfire in the 9200 block of West Florissant. Officers are shutting down West Florissant. #Ferguson
— Rodger Brand (@rbrandtraffic) December 31, 2014
Update: Request for air support for the shots fired incident in #Ferguson
— Rodger Brand (@rbrandtraffic) December 31, 2014
Over the scene at West Florissant at Ferguson Ave lots of police headed into the area. West Florissant remains open at this time…
— Rodger Brand (@rbrandtraffic) December 31, 2014
Update: unclear what the status is on West Florissant. Original call was for gunfire at 9241 West Florissant..,
— Rodger Brand (@rbrandtraffic) December 31, 2014
And others:
Ferguson Scanner updates Breaking report of officer taking gunfire in the 9200 block of West Florissant. shutting down West Florissant.
— Judy (@Judy3113) December 31, 2014
BREAKING UPDATE: police officer has been shot, in west Florissant, #Ferguson @Romonaga
— Breaking News (@NewsOnTheMin) December 31, 2014
a report of shots being fired at police officers on West Florissant, near Ferguson Avenue. @Y98 #STL http://t.co/SCIUjqgmnD
— Lance Hildebrand (@Y98Lance) December 31, 2014
police talking about blocking West Florissant, between Ferguson Avenue and Canfield. Shots fired in the area @Y98 #STL
— Lance Hildebrand (@Y98Lance) December 31, 2014
UPDATE: Police officer has NOT been shot, but shots have been fired at the officer. #Ferguson
— Breaking News (@NewsOnTheMin) December 31, 2014
We’ll update as more information is available.
More details from KSDK:
Police are still investigating after they say two rounds of shots were fired at them while trying to make arrests during a burglary.
Officers say around 5:30 Tuesday evening, dispatchers got a call for a burglary in progress at 9163 West Florissant. The business located there, Beauty Town, had been burned during the unrest in the wake of the Michael Brown shooting.
When officers arrived at the scene, they told six people they were under arrest and began to take them into custody.
That’s when officers say a round of shots was fired at them from the Sharondale Apartments, located behind the store. As they ducked to keep from getting hit, officers say a second round of gunfire came from across the street.
Officers say they called for backup and set up a perimeter around the scene. They were not able to find any weapons or suspects believed to be involved in the shooting.
