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| US police 'shot dead in ambush' | |
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| Four police officers have been shot dead near the McChord Air Force Base in Washington State, US media and police say. | Four police officers have been shot dead near the McChord Air Force Base in Washington State, US media and police say. |
| A sheriff's department spokesman told KOMO-TV that the officers were shot at the east side of the air force base. | A sheriff's department spokesman told KOMO-TV that the officers were shot at the east side of the air force base. |
| The officers were fired on while they were at a coffee shop, police say. | |
| A sheriff spokesman described the shooting as an ambush. The air force base is in Parkland, Pierce County, 40 miles south of Seattle. | |
| Pierce County Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer told local media that the officers had been in the coffee shop with their computers when the shooting happened on Sunday morning. | |
| He said it is believed that the officers had been targeted and the incident was not a robbery. | He said it is believed that the officers had been targeted and the incident was not a robbery. |
| Officials at the scene said two suspects had opened fire, KOMO-TV reported. | |
| Other customers were in the coffee shop at the time but no-one else was injured, the report said. | |
| The area has been sealed off by police. | |
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