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[h=4]D.C.-area officer shot, killed; 2 suspects held in 'unprovoked attack'[/h]Officer killed outside a Maryland district police station was a four-year veteran.
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Authorities instructed people to stay indoors as they searched for the suspects, who are now in custody. Video provided by Newsy Newslook
Police gather outside Prince George's Hospital Center in Cheverly, Md., awaiting word on a critically injured Prince George's County Police officer on March 13, 2016.(Photo: Stephanie Ramirez, WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C.)
Police in suburban Washington, D.C., have taken two<span style="color: Red;">*</span>suspects into custody after an<span style="color: Red;">*</span>officer was shot dead<span style="color: Red;">*</span>outside a district station<span style="color: Red;">*</span>on Sunday.
Officials in Prince George's County, Md., tweeted late Sunday: "One of your defenders lost his life in defense of this community today."
Police Chief Henry P. Stawinski III said the shooting was "an unprovoked attack."
Authorities said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>another person, who is not a police officer, also was wounded.
A witness, Lascelles Grant,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>toldThe Washington Post<span style="color: Red;">*</span>that she<span style="color: Red;">*</span>heard what she thought was firecrackers or gunshots. When she looked outside she<span style="color: Red;">*</span>saw a man dressed in black firing a handgun.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"He fired one shot, and then he started pacing back and forth, then fired another shot," she said.
The officer, 28-year-old<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jacai Colson, was a four-year veteran of the department. He was just days shy of his 29th birthday.
In a statement, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he was "shocked and saddened" by Colson's death. He said he had ordered flags to fly at half-staff in his honor.
Officers gathered to pray outside Prince George's Hospital Center in Cheverly, Md., where a Prince George's County Police officer shot March 13, 2016, was being treated.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Stephanie Ramirez, WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C.)
Police had<span style="color: Red;">*</span>advised people near the Prince George's County Police Department<span style="color: Red;">*</span>District III Station in Landover to stay inside and avoid the area as they looked for the suspects. After the second person was apprehended Sunday evening, police said they did<span style="color: Red;">*</span>not believe more suspects were at large, but cautioned the investigation was "in early stages."
Officials with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives say those federal agencies were aiding local police in investigating the shooting.
Contributing: The Associated Press.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Follow Greg Toppo on Twitter: @gtoppo
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