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| Palm Springs shooting: Manhunt for suspect after 2 officers shot dead’ & 1 injured in California | |
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| Scores of police with armored vehicles have cordoned off an area in Palm Springs, California, where three officers were shot while responding to a call, two of them fatally. A manhunt for the shooter is ongoing, with police asking locals to not go outside. | |
| Multiple gunshots were fired in Palm Springs on Saturday afternoon, resembling machine gun rounds, eyewitnesses cited by local outlet The Desert Sun said. According to town resident Frances Serrano, the father of an alleged shooter had asked him for help prior to the shooting, claiming his gun-wielding son was going to fire at police. | Multiple gunshots were fired in Palm Springs on Saturday afternoon, resembling machine gun rounds, eyewitnesses cited by local outlet The Desert Sun said. According to town resident Frances Serrano, the father of an alleged shooter had asked him for help prior to the shooting, claiming his gun-wielding son was going to fire at police. |
| The incident happened around 1 p.m. local time (8 a.m. GMT) in the Cypress and Del Lago roads area. So far, no details have been released regarding the suspect or suspects that are still at large. The officers were initially called to the scene to deal with a domestic disturbance situation, KMIR reports, citing police. | The incident happened around 1 p.m. local time (8 a.m. GMT) in the Cypress and Del Lago roads area. So far, no details have been released regarding the suspect or suspects that are still at large. The officers were initially called to the scene to deal with a domestic disturbance situation, KMIR reports, citing police. |
| Serrano told The Desert Sun that he called police, and then the father of the alleged assailant walked away. The eyewitness then said he heard gunshots fired outside soon afterward and was subsequently contacted by officers. | |
| Another eyewitness said he saw a woman lying motionless on the ground, presumably a police officer. | |
| “Someone kept pumping her chest but she wasn't moving," said Gerardo Barrera, who was working near the site at the time of the shooting. |