WATCH: Two FBI agents were shot early Wednesday morning in St. Louis County, sources say. The agents were shot in the Hanley Hills neighborhood.
ST. LOUIS – An FBI spokeswoman says two special agents have been shot in St. Louis County, and that it is not directly related to the Ferguson protests.
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Rebecca Wu, a spokeswoman with the FBI St. Louis Division, says the agents were assisting the University City Police Department execute an arrest warrant at 2:53 a.m. Wednesday.
One agent was shot in the shoulder and the other in the leg. Wu says neither injury is life-threatening.
Wu says the shooting, which took place about 5 miles (8 kilometres) south of Ferguson, was not directly related to the protests.
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