Two police officers in Hawaii were fatally shot by an assailant who remained at ...
- Two police officers in Hawaii were fatally shot by an assailant who remained at large on Sunday in a residential neighborhood not far from busy Waikiki Beach on the island of Oahu, officials and local media said.
“Our entire state mourns the loss of two Honolulu Police officers killed in the line of duty this morning,” Hawaii Governor David Ige said in a statement.A third officer was also injured in the incident in which several houses were set on fire in an affluent area near the base of Diamond Head, a volcanic mountain at the southern tip of the island, KITV News reported.
A spokesperson for the Honolulu field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not immediately reply to telephone message seeking information. The officers were met with gunfire and the suspect then set fire to the home, which spread to other houses, Hawaii News Now reported.
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