Authorities say two Florida police officers were fatally shot while trying to arrest a suspect hiding in an attic. St. Petersburg Chief Chuck Harmon confirmed the deaths Monday. He says a US marshal also was wounded and is being treated at a hospital. He says the suspect remains barricaded inside the house where the shooting happened.
The marshal and officers had come to arrest the suspect on aggravated battery charges. Police had to use a vehicle punch a hole in the wall to pull out one of the officers.
The shooting comes four days after two Miami-Dade County detectives were killed by a murder suspect they were trying to arrest. That suspect was killed by another detective. Their funeral is Monday.