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Police shooting in Va
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Officers hurt in Virginia police station shooting
Gunman killed; area searched for possible second suspect
Monday, May 8, 2006; Posted: 7:29 p.m. EDT (23:29 GMT)
Emergency personnel work outside the police station where the shooting took place Monday.
www (CNN) -- Two police officers are in critical condition after a shooting Monday at a police station in Fairfax County, Virginia, an FBI source told CNN.
A male suspect was shot and killed in the incident, which took place at about 3:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Sully District Station, in the west of the county, Fairfax County police spokesman Richard Henry said.
Police did not comment on the condition of the wounded, but an FBI official told CNN the officers were in critical condition.
The FBI official and a Fairfax County police source said a second suspect fled the scene of the shooting and was being sought.
Henry said initial reports described two gunmen, but later information indicated only one suspect. To be safe, he said, police are searching the area for a possible second suspect.
The U.S. Park Police said one of its helicopters was aiding in the search.
Henry said he could not confirm earlier reports that the suspect or suspects carried both handguns and automatic weapons.
"We just know there was a gun," he said.
Spokeswoman Beth Underhill earlier said police were "still trying to piece together what exactly happened here."
Monday evening, heavy security surrounded Inova Fairfax Hospital, where the two officers were brought.
"We have requested heightened security at the hospital, which is standard procedure for an incident of this nature," Underhill said.
Aerial footage showed emergency vehicles and yellow police tape in the station parking lot, and police cars blocking traffic on nearby streets dampened by rain.
Gunman killed; area searched for possible second suspect
Monday, May 8, 2006; Posted: 7:29 p.m. EDT (23:29 GMT)
Emergency personnel work outside the police station where the shooting took place Monday.
www (CNN) -- Two police officers are in critical condition after a shooting Monday at a police station in Fairfax County, Virginia, an FBI source told CNN.
A male suspect was shot and killed in the incident, which took place at about 3:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Sully District Station, in the west of the county, Fairfax County police spokesman Richard Henry said.
Police did not comment on the condition of the wounded, but an FBI official told CNN the officers were in critical condition.
The FBI official and a Fairfax County police source said a second suspect fled the scene of the shooting and was being sought.
Henry said initial reports described two gunmen, but later information indicated only one suspect. To be safe, he said, police are searching the area for a possible second suspect.
The U.S. Park Police said one of its helicopters was aiding in the search.
Henry said he could not confirm earlier reports that the suspect or suspects carried both handguns and automatic weapons.
"We just know there was a gun," he said.
Spokeswoman Beth Underhill earlier said police were "still trying to piece together what exactly happened here."
Monday evening, heavy security surrounded Inova Fairfax Hospital, where the two officers were brought.
"We have requested heightened security at the hospital, which is standard procedure for an incident of this nature," Underhill said.
Aerial footage showed emergency vehicles and yellow police tape in the station parking lot, and police cars blocking traffic on nearby streets dampened by rain.
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