Police in suburban Denver are describing the fatal shooting of a deputy and the wounding of four other officers as an ambush. “He knew we were coming,” says Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock, per the Denver Post. The sheriff says four deputies initially arrived at the gunman's apartment complex in Highlands Ranch to answer a domestic disturbance call, and all four were shot almost immediately.
“They all went down, almost within seconds of each other,” said Spurlock, adding that the gunman fired at least 100 rounds. Deputy Zackari Parrish, 29, has been identified as the slain deputy. He is survived by a wife and two children and had been a deputy only seven months. The gunman also was killed, and two civilians were injured. All of those wounded were expected to survive.
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