Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. • Two St. Louis-area police officers have been shot in the chest, but bulletproof vests apparently saved both from serious injury.
The shooting happened before 8 a.m. Thursday in the St. Louis County town of Bellefontaine Neighbors. The gunman barricaded himself inside a home amid a heavy police presence.
Bellefontaine Neighbors Mayor Bob Doerr told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that both officers are going to be OK. He says one is a male sergeant, the other a female patrol officer. Both were conscious and talking after the shooting.
Doerr did not have details about what led to the shooting. Officers were trying to negotiate with the man who barricaded himself inside the home.