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Gunmen Assassinate Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist in Ambush, Provoking New Crisis
Iran’s top nuclear scientist, long identified by American and Israeli intelligence as the guiding figure behind a covert effort to design an atomic warhead, was shot and killed Friday in what Iranian media called a roadside ambush as he and his bodyguards traveled outside Tehran. For two decades, the scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was the driving …
Sheriff’s deputy in California killed, 2 others injured in ‘ambush’
A Santa Cruz County sheriff’s deputy was killed and two others injured Saturday in what law enforcement officials described as an ambush. Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, 38, was among several deputies who responded to a call about a suspicious van parked in a turnout in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The caller told police they saw guns …
14 police officers killed in an ambush in Mexico, testing president’s security strategy
A police convoy was passing through a small town in western Mexico on Monday morning when bullets began to fly. It was an ambush by one of Mexico’s most violent criminal groups. In a matter of minutes, 14 police officers were killed and several of their vehicles set on fire. Handwritten messages left at the …
Dramatic bodycam video documents ambush that killed rookie Sacramento cop
Police in Sacramento, Calif., released dramatic body-camera footage Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old rookie cop. Officer Tara O’Sullivan was shot several times, with at least one of her wounds being “non-survivable,” after she and her training officer, Daniel Chip, were ambushed Wednesday during a domestic violence call, FOX 40 Sacramento …
Sacramento shooting that killed female officer was an ambush meant to kill, police say
Sacramento police Officer Tara O’Sullivan lay on the ground bleeding as gunshots echoed and her colleagues tried to get to her. The suspect fired incessantly, preventing officers from reaching her for at least 45 minutes, authorities said. O’Sullivan, 26, and her fellow officers had gone to a home in Sacramento after a disturbance call Wednesday …
