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Oh, and if you really question why cops are so nerves on traffic stops.....from the AP today...
(03-21) 16:23 PDT OAKLAND -- Four Oakland police officers were shot and seriously wounded this afternoon after a car stop went bad, police sources reported.
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// [line] Two of the officers were gunned down outside their patrol car after they pulled over a car in the 7400 block of MacArthur Boulevard, not far from the Eastmont Town Center. Another officer reported was shot while in pursuit of the suspect. It was not clear where the fourth officer was shot. A suspect was later reported to also have been shot.
The condition of the officers was not immediately available, but the Alameda County coroner was called to Oakland's Highland Hospital in response to the shooting.
E-mail Jaxon Van Derbeken at jvanderbeken@sfchronicle.com
Oh, and if you really question why cops are so nerves on traffic stops.....from the AP today...
(03-21) 16:23 PDT OAKLAND -- Four Oakland police officers were shot and seriously wounded this afternoon after a car stop went bad, police sources reported.
[line]
// [line] Two of the officers were gunned down outside their patrol car after they pulled over a car in the 7400 block of MacArthur Boulevard, not far from the Eastmont Town Center. Another officer reported was shot while in pursuit of the suspect. It was not clear where the fourth officer was shot. A suspect was later reported to also have been shot.
The condition of the officers was not immediately available, but the Alameda County coroner was called to Oakland's Highland Hospital in response to the shooting.
E-mail Jaxon Van Derbeken at jvanderbeken@sfchronicle.com