A police officer, sheriff's deputy and suspect killed in a shootout in upstate New York, police say
A police officer and a sheriff's deputy in upstate New York were shot and killed Sunday night in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect, who also was killed.
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LIVERPOOL, N.Y. (AP) — A police officer and a sheriff’s deputy in upstate New York were shot and killed Sunday night in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect, who also was killed, police said.
The shooting took place shortly after 8 p.m. in Liverpool, about 6 miles (10 kilometers) north of Syracuse.
The Syracuse Police Department and Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office were tracking a vehicle that had eluded police earlier, Syracuse Police Chief Joseph Cecile said during a news conference.
Two Syracuse police officers unsuccessfully attempted to stop a suspicious vehicle but got the license plate and tracked it to an address on Darien Drive in Liverpool. They requested assistance from the sheriff’s office after learning the suspect might be armed, Cecile said.
The officers found the vehicle at the home and saw what appeared to be guns inside the auto. They then “heard what sounded like someone manipulating a firearm from inside the residence,” Cecile said.
At least one suspect exchanged gunfire with the officers. The Syracuse officer, sheriff’s deputy and the suspect were shot and brought to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse.
All three were pronounced dead at the hospital, Cecile said. Their names were not immediately released.
Crappy news to wake up to.
But wait....There's more!
Mousa Alzokari, who lives directly across the street from the house where the shooting occurred, said he heard a flurry of shots at roughly 8:45 p.m. He called 911.
Not long after, two officers with long guns entered the back door of Alzokari’s house without knocking and went up to the second floor, where they took positions facing the shooting scene. They were still there as of 11:20 p.m., while Alzokari and five children waited on the ground floor.
Altogether, Alzokari estimated he heard at least 20 shots fired. The two officers in his house did not fire shots, he said.
If true it's a wonder more cops did not get shot.
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