Two men were killed and two officers wounded Monday afternoon in a shootout outside a Monterey County Target, authorities said.
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Around the same time, two Sand City police officers and two suspects were shot, the dispatcher said.
The suspects were killed by the gunfire, and the officers were injured and taken to the Natividad Medical Center to receive treatment.
Monterey County Sheriffs deputies investigate at a Target store…
Bouchra Gygax, a student at Monterey Peninsula College, was trying to find parking at the shopping center off Highway 1 when she saw two policemen holding up a third man and the foot of another person sticking out of a vehicle in front of them.
A witness said the first shots were fired by one of the men in the auto. Sand City police put out a notice to be on the lookout for Spaits and Money, both already known to law enforcement.
One of the officers was treated for a neck wound and was released Monday night, Flippo said. “Both officers injured were transported to the hospital via ambulance and are in stable condition”.
Sand City Police Chief Brian Ferrante requested for the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office to conduct the investigation of the shooting, and approximately 15 investigators from the DA’s office were on the scene Monday afternoon. The identities of the dead suspects will not be publicly released until next of kin have been duly notified.
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“Fortunately no innocent bystanders were involved”, Ferrante said.
