Two Milwaukee police officers were shot and have been critically injured after responding to a call for a person with a weapon late Thursday, police said.

Two officers have been shot and injured with "severe" injuries on the city's north side, according to the police union.

A manhunt is underway after two police officers were shot in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Thursday night. The officers were responding to a shots-fired call when someone fired shots from an alley near 24th and Garfield.