Police chief: No suspects after cops shot at Ferguson protest

Neither of the two police officers shot early Thursday during a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri, suffered grave long term injuries, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said at a news conference.

Police heard three or four shots around midnight, with bullets striking one officer in the cheek and another in the shoulder. Belmar said police had no suspects so far, but that he "would have to imagine protesters were among the shooters."

"This is really an ambush is what it is," he said.

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However, Belmar also confirmed that officers reported seeing muzzle flashes about 125 yards away from where demonstrators gathered outside a police station following the resignation of Ferguson's police chief.