Four St. Louis police officers were shot by an unknown assailant as protests over the death of George Floyd turned violent Monday night, with the city police chief telling reporters early Tuesday morning that gunfire was occurring “as we speak.”
St. Louis P.D. chief John Hayden said that all four officers had been hospitalized but had sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Two officers were shot in the leg, one in the foot, and the other in the arm while they were standing on the side of a police line, after “some coward randomly shot” at them, according to Hayden.
“As we speak we’re trying to get control out of this city, still hearing gunfire and everything. I don’t know what else to say. This is horrible,” he said. “Thank God, they’re alive.”
Chief Hayden provides an update on 4 of our officers who were struck by gunfire tonight during the downtown unrest. https://t.co/Ml1CgIikHf
— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) June 2, 2020
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