Police officers respond to a fellow officer hit by gunfire outside the Ferguson Police Headquarters in Ferguson, Missouri March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant/St. Louis American
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Police hunted for a second day on Friday for suspects in the shooting of two police officers at a protest rally in Ferguson, Missouri, after U.S. President Barack Obama said those responsible must be brought to justice.
The officers were shot and wounded during a demonstration in the St. Louis suburb shortly after midnight on Thursday morning, driving up tensions in a community that has become the center of an intense nationwide debate over race and policing.
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