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| Authorities in San Antonio have intensified their search for a suspect who shot and killed a city police officer in his patrol car on Sunday. | Authorities in San Antonio have intensified their search for a suspect who shot and killed a city police officer in his patrol car on Sunday. |
| Twenty-year veteran officer Benjamin Marconi was killed after a man approached his vehicle and allegedly fired at point blank range, striking the officer in the head. Marconi, 50, had pulled a vehicle over and was writing a ticket at the time the shooting occurred. Authorities do not believe the shooter had any connection to the motorist whom the officer had pulled over. Authorities did not reveal any other possible motive. | Twenty-year veteran officer Benjamin Marconi was killed after a man approached his vehicle and allegedly fired at point blank range, striking the officer in the head. Marconi, 50, had pulled a vehicle over and was writing a ticket at the time the shooting occurred. Authorities do not believe the shooter had any connection to the motorist whom the officer had pulled over. Authorities did not reveal any other possible motive. |
| Witnesses told police the man reached into the car after the first shot and fired again before driving off in a black sedan. Authorities identified a black male, aged 20-30, as a person of interest and released images of the man from a security camera. | Witnesses told police the man reached into the car after the first shot and fired again before driving off in a black sedan. Authorities identified a black male, aged 20-30, as a person of interest and released images of the man from a security camera. |
| At a news conference on Monday morning, the San Antonio police chief, William McManus, said he believed Marconi was killed because he was a police officer. | At a news conference on Monday morning, the San Antonio police chief, William McManus, said he believed Marconi was killed because he was a police officer. |
| “I feel we were targeted,” he told reporters, adding later: “I think the uniform was the target.” | “I feel we were targeted,” he told reporters, adding later: “I think the uniform was the target.” |
| Surveillance video shows the suspect at San Antonio police headquarters about four hours before Marconi was shot. The suspect asked a desk clerk a question but left before receiving an answer, said McManus, who declined to say what the suspect asked. | Surveillance video shows the suspect at San Antonio police headquarters about four hours before Marconi was shot. The suspect asked a desk clerk a question but left before receiving an answer, said McManus, who declined to say what the suspect asked. |
| “I don’t know why he was in headquarters; we have some ideas,” he said. | “I don’t know why he was in headquarters; we have some ideas,” he said. |
| The shooting came amid a violent weekend for law enforcement officers, after a handful of other unrelated incidents across the nation. | The shooting came amid a violent weekend for law enforcement officers, after a handful of other unrelated incidents across the nation. |
| In St Louis a sergeant was shot twice in the face on Sunday by a suspect who was later shot and killed after a standoff with officers. The 46-year-old is in critical condition but is expected to survive. | In St Louis a sergeant was shot twice in the face on Sunday by a suspect who was later shot and killed after a standoff with officers. The 46-year-old is in critical condition but is expected to survive. |
| The suspect in that shooting was shot and killed hours after he allegedly opened fire on police during a standoff. The man was believed to have been involved in a series of earlier crimes. | The suspect in that shooting was shot and killed hours after he allegedly opened fire on police during a standoff. The man was believed to have been involved in a series of earlier crimes. |
| “This officer was driving down the road and was ambushed by an individual who pointed a gun at him from inside of his car and shot out the police officer’s window,” the St Louis police chief, Sam Dotson, said during a news conference. | “This officer was driving down the road and was ambushed by an individual who pointed a gun at him from inside of his car and shot out the police officer’s window,” the St Louis police chief, Sam Dotson, said during a news conference. |
| “Fortunately, for the blessing of God, the officer’s going to survive,” he said. | “Fortunately, for the blessing of God, the officer’s going to survive,” he said. |
| Officers sustained non-fatal shooting injuries in Sanibel, Florida and Gladstone, Missouri on Sunday as well. Neither of the two incidents is believed to be an “ambush” style attack. The Sanibel officer has already been treated and released. | Officers sustained non-fatal shooting injuries in Sanibel, Florida and Gladstone, Missouri on Sunday as well. Neither of the two incidents is believed to be an “ambush” style attack. The Sanibel officer has already been treated and released. |
| 2016 is shaping up to be one of the deadliest years for law enforcement in recent history. Through the first half of the year, rates were similar to recent years and near historic lows. Premeditated attacks against officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge this summer resulted in a dramatic spike, however, and the nation is now on pace for the second deadliest of the past 12 years. | 2016 is shaping up to be one of the deadliest years for law enforcement in recent history. Through the first half of the year, rates were similar to recent years and near historic lows. Premeditated attacks against officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge this summer resulted in a dramatic spike, however, and the nation is now on pace for the second deadliest of the past 12 years. |