Two St. Petersburg, Fla. cops and a gunman were killed Monday morning and a deputy U.S. Marshal was wounded when gunfire erupted while authorities were trying to serve a domestic battery warrant at a home, the St. Petersburg Times reported.
The dead gunman was identified as Hydra Lacy Jr., a convicted sex offender, the Times reported. The officers were identified as Tom Baitinger and Jeffrey Yaslowitz.
The officers were shot and killed while helping to serve a U.S. Marshal’s warrant through a fugitive task force.
The paper reported that officers arrived at the home at 7 a.m. to talk to Lacy’s girlfriend at 7 a.m. But more officers were called in when it became clear Lacey was armed.
One officer and the marshal were hit first. The second officer was fatally shot when he tried to pull the marshal out of the home, the St. Pete Times reported.
At 2:15 p.m., authorities entered the home and determined that Lacy was dead, the Times reported.
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