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Unprovoked attack on a Police Station kills a Cop
Pictured: Officer, 28, shot dead in 'unprovoked' attack near suburban Washington, D.C. police station
- A gunman shot one police officer near Prince George's County police HQ
- Police officer Jacai Colson, 28 was killed in the Landover, Maryland attack
- Two suspects were taken into custody after 6pm Sunday, police said
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A police officer died in a gunfight Sunday after a suspect launched an 'unprovoked' attack on a police station in a Washington, D.C. suburb.
The deceased was identified as Jacai Colson, 28, an undercover narcotics officer and a four-year veteran with the Prince George's County police department.
'One of your defenders lost his life in defense of this community today. This was an unprovoked attack,' Colson's chief said.
The gunman began shooting at the PGPD District 3 police station at 7600 Barlowe Road in Landover, Maryland around 4:30pm, police said.
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Jacai Colson, 28, was killed in the line of duty Sunday after a gunman carried out an 'unprovoked' attack, police said
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After officers inside responded, Colson was struck, and was taken in a squad car to Prince George’s Hospital Center where he succumbed to his injuries, police said.
Police said there was no immediately apparent motive for the shooting.
'It wasn't about anything,' said police chief Henry P. Stawinski III at a press conference Sunday evening.
'My understanding is he opened fire on the first officer he saw, and then continued that conduct as officers became aware of what was going on,' Swawinski said of the shooter, who was also injured in the gun battle.
The shooter and another suspect were taken into custody shortly after the assault.
Their family members, who identified the suspects as brothers Malik and Michael Ford, also struggled to understand what caused them to launch the attack.
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'One of your defenders lost his life in defense of this community today,' wrote Jacai Colson's colleagues
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz42tSzdknr
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