Four police officers killed in Washington
Sunday, 29 November 2009Four police officers have been shot dead near a US air force base in Washington state.
Pierce County Sheriff's Office spokesman Ed Troyer said the officers were sitting in a coffee shop before their shift started when at least one gunman entered and started shooting.
'We have somebody out there who blatantly went in and opened fire on four police officers, killing all four of them,' Troyer said following the shooting near McChord Air Force base in Tacoma, around 35 miles south of Seattle.
He said authorities believed the men had been specifically targeted, noting that staff and other customers at the coffee shop at the time of the shooting had not been shot at.
Mr Troyer said the victims had been going over some paperwork ahead of their shift at the time of the shooting.
