article_snippet: Police had called the shooting an 'ambush' of the officers, . who were standing side by side, by a gunman embedded with .
article_snippet: The shooting of the officers, who were treated at a local . hospital and released, followed a flurry of resignations and .
article_snippet: In the shooting early on Thursday, a 41-year-old county police officer suffered a shoulder wound.
article_snippet: Another officer, 32, suffered a facial wound.
article_snippet: Above, one of the officers  is seen being taken away by EMT .
article_snippet: Shooting: Police take cover after two officers were shot while standing guard in front of the Ferguson Police Station Thursday .
article_snippet: St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said the officers could have easily been killed in the shooting, which came amid protests in Williams over alleged police violence.
highlights_snippet: The shooting of the officers, who were treated at a local hospital and released, followed a flurry of resignations and protests .