Syracuse police officer and a deputy killed in shooting in Salina
Source: Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse.com)
CRIME & SAFETY
Syracuse police officer and a deputy killed in shooting in Salina
Updated: Apr. 15, 2024, 3:23 a.m. | Published: Apr. 14, 2024, 9:30 p.m.
Two police officers killed in shooting in Salina
By Jon Moss | jmoss@syracuse.comRylee Kirk | rkirk@syracuse.comMarnie Eisenstadt | meisenstadt@syracuse.comTim Knauss | tknauss@syracuse.comDarian Stevenson | DStevenson@syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. — Two police officers were killed Sunday night in a shootout on a suburban street in Salina. ... A Syracuse police officer and an Onondaga County Sheriff’s deputy were both killed when they went to follow up on a traffic stop where the driver sped away, said Syracuse Police Chief Joe Cecile. ... The officers were not identified.
The trouble started with a traffic stop at 7 p.m. in the city’s Tipp Hill neighborhood, Cecile said. That’s when Syracuse police attempted to pull over a car, but the driver refused and sped off. Police took the plate number, which led them to a home on Darien Drive, a short street with tidy lawns and basketball hoops in the driveways.
There, police saw guns in the back of the car, Cecile said. And then, from inside the home, they heard the sound of a gun being cocked to fire, he said.
Gunfire filled the little neighborhood as the officers and the suspect exchanged shots. The two officers and the suspect were all hit. The suspect also died, Cecile said. He did not identify the man.
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