Police officer and sheriff's deputy killed in Syracuse shootout at runaway driver's home
A police officer and a sheriff's deputy were shot and killed after confronting a driver who had failed to stop in upstate New York on Sunday, police said.
A police officer and a sheriff's deputy were shot and killed after confronting a driver who had failed to stop in upstate New York on Sunday, police said.
The so-far unidentified suspect was also killed in the shootout outside his home, police said.
Syracuse Police Department said in a statement that its officers spotted a "suspicious vehicle" shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday between Emerson Avenue and Hamilton Street on the west side of the city.
Police tried to stop the car but the driver "refused to stop and fled the area," the statement said. Officers tracked the license plate to a home in Liverpool, Onondaga County, north of Syracuse and police asked for assistance after receiving information that the suspect might be armed, it added.
"Shortly after arrival, the police officers and sheriff’s deputies were encountered by an armed male and an exchange of gunfire followed," the statement said.
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