LOS ANGELES, May 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — One policeman died and another was injured in a shooting incident Monday afternoon in San Luis Obispo city in California, the United States, the city confirmed Monday night.
The suspected shooter was killed by police on the scene.
The police officer who was injured was sent to the hospital and is in stable condition.
The two officers from the City of San Luis Obispo Police Department were shot while serving a search warrant, according to the city government’s website.
A witness, Monica Rochte, 31, said that she heard the police banging on a door and yelling, and then a huge bang, likely a door being knocked down, followed by a single shot, according to local newspaper San Luis Obispo Tribune.
Rochte said at that point she could hear police yelling, “He has a gun!” before 15 to 20 more sporadic shots rang out.
Another neighbor, Victoria Torres, 21, saw a man carrying a “big gun” shot at officers from the door of an apartment and some policemen hiding behind their car, according to the newspaper. — NNN-XINHUA