{"id":69062,"date":"2016-11-21T09:49:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T14:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=69062"},"modified":"2016-11-21T10:17:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T15:17:07","slug":"four-officers-in-four-cities-shot-in-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=69062","title":{"rendered":"Four officers, in four cities shot in 24 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBS News<\/a> reports that police officers in San Antonio, Texas, St Louis, Missouri, Gladstone, Missouri and Sanibel, Florida were shot in the last several hours – at least two appear to have been ambushed. Detective Benjamin Marconi, a 20-year veteran of the San Antonio Polce department is the only one who has been killed. According to CNN<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The shooting occurred in front of police headquarters before noon, McManus said. Marconi had just pulled over a driver on the south side of the building and returned to his patrol car to write a ticket when a man pulled up behind him.<\/p>\n

The man walked up to the patrol car driver’s side window and shot the officer in the head, McManus said. The man then reached through the open window and shot him a second time, McManus said.<\/p>\n

After the shooting the man returned to his vehicle and drove away.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The St Louis Dispatch<\/a> reports that the man suspected to have shot the officer in St Louis was killed in ashoot-out with police;<\/p>\n

The suspect’s identity was not immediately released. The woman was in custody.<\/p>\n

He was being sought for questioning in the shooting of a St. Louis police sergeant about 7:30 p.m. Sunday near Hampton and Pernod avenues. A driver had pulled up next to the sergeant’s SUV and opened fire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to USATODAY<\/a>, the Florida officer was also shot during a traffic stop;<\/p>\n

Later Sunday, a Sanibel Police Department officer was shot during a traffic stop. The officer’s shooting was a first for the island police department, according to police officials.<\/p>\n

He was taken to Lee Memorial Hospital and his condition was not known.<\/p>\n

The city website reported that shots had been exchanged with the suspect…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Gladstone, Missouri officer was shot after a foot chase following a traffic stop according to CBS News;<\/p>\n

Kansas City police issued a statement Monday morning saying that late Sunday night, Gladstone PD stopped a vehicle on a traffic violation. Someone ran from the vehicle, and Gladstone police chased the person on foot. Officers tried to take the suspect into custody and a struggle ensued during which the suspect produced a handgun. Shots were fired and the suspect was fatally wounded. A Gladstone PD officer was also shot, suffering non-life threatening injuries. The driver was taken into custody but was later questioned and released.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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