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WEBVTT rtMAX: WE WANT TO GIVE YOU ANUPDATE AT THE SCENE RIGHT NOW.STILL HAS A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANTPOLICE PRESENCE.rtFRANKLIN BOULEVARD IS STILLSHUTDOWN BETWEEN 20 6TH AVENUEAND FRUITRIDGE ROAD.THE MAN WHO SHOTrt TWO OF THEIROFFICERS IS ALSO THE SUSPECT OFA DOUBLE MURDER HERE INSACRAMENTO.TWO SACRAMENTO POLICE OFFICERSSHOT, ONE SUSPECT DEAD AFTER ASHOOTOUT WITH POLICE NEAR 27THrtAVENUE AND FRANKLIN BOULEVARD.>> WHEN I HEARD POW, POW, POWBEHIND MY BACK AND THEN I TURNrtAROUND AND I SEE QUITE A FEWPOLICEMEN.MAX: SERGEANT BRYCE HEINLEINSAYS SEVERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT'SMOUNTED CAMERAS AND LICENSEPLATE READERS GOT A HIT ON THErtSUSPECT'S VEHICLE BEFORE 11:00THIS MORNING.>> THIS VEHICLE WAS ASSOCIATEDWITH A DOUBLE HOMICIDE THATOCCURRED LAST WEEK WHERE TWOFEMALES WERE KrtILLED INSIDE ARESIDENCE OFF OF JANRICK AVENUE.MAX: POLICE FOUND THE CHEVYPICKUP NEAR 65TH AVENUE ANDFRUITRIDGE ROAD AND FOLLOWED THESUSPECT TO 27TH AND FRANKLIN,rtWHERE IT APPEARED, AT FIRST,THAT THE SUSPECT WAS GOING TOCOOPERATE.>> INITIALLY, THE SUSPECT WASCOMPLIANT AND THREW HIS KEYSOUTSIDE THE VEHICLE.MArtX: THEN, HEINLEIN SAYS THESUSPECT OPENED FIRE WITH AHANDGUN.>> THEY PULLED DOWN THERE ANDTHE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEYJUMPED OUT THE CAR AND ALL YOUrtHEARD WAS POW POW POW POW POWPOW POW.MAX: THE OFFICERS ARE DESCRIBEDAS SEASONED VETERANS.ONE SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND TOHIS LEG.THE OTHER WAS HIT IN HIS BODYARMOR.rtBOTH INJURIES ARE CONSIDERED TOBE NON-LIFE THREATENING.THE SUSPECT WAS KILLED.THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AS MEMBERSOF THE DEPARTMENT ATTENDED THEMEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SACRAMENTOrtCOUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY ROBERTFRENCH, WHO DIED IN A SHOOTINGWITH A SUSPECT LAST WEEK.>> IT'S BEEN A VERY DIFFICULTDAY.OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF US CAME FROMTHERE.rtAS THE CEREMONY WAS STARTING.SO YES, WE WERE SPREAD THIN ASFAR AS PERSONNEL TODAY.MAX: THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'SrtOFFICE, INTERNAL AFFAIRSDIVISION AND OFFICE OF PUBLICSAFETY ACCOUNTABILITY WILL

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Two Sacramento police officers are expected to survive after they were shot Thursday in south Sacramento, and the shooting suspect was killed by officers, the police department said.The suspect was identified by the coroner's office early Friday morning as Eric Arnold, 41, of Sacramento.The two officers were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, Sacramento police said. One officer was shot in the stomach, but the bullet ricocheted off because he was wearing a bulletproof vest. The other officer was hit in the leg, officials said. Both are expected to survive.The shooting happened about 11 a.m. in the 3300 block of 27th Avenue, near Franklin Boulevard and a block away from the Sacramento Police Department main office, as police were trying to stop a vehicle driven by Arnold, who wanted in connection with a double homicide, Sgt. Bryce Heinlein said.Arnold passed through several intersections equipped with Sacramento police POD license plate readers Thursday morning. The first hit came at 5:38 a.m. from the intersection of Madison Avenue and Interstate 80. The second hit came at 10:39 a.m. from the intersection of Fair Oaks Boulevard and Watt Avenue.Officers caught up with the vehicle and tried to pull over Arnold. He initially appeared to be compliant and pulled to the side of the road, throwing his keys out the window, Heinlein said.Moments later, Arnold got out of his vehicle and started shooting at police, hitting two officers, Heinlein said. The officer hit in the chest is a 27-year veteran of the department. The officer hit in the leg is a 12-year veteran of the department.Five officers returned fire, hitting and killing Arnold."They pulled down there and next thing you know, they jumped out of the car, and all you heard was pow, pow, pow, pow," witness Lonnie Basped said. "And that was it."Video of the shooting is expected to be released in the next 30 days, Sacramento police Chief Daniel Hahn said."This is an example of how fast things can happen, and how dangerous this job is," Hahn said.Arnold was wanted in the deaths of two women who were found dead Friday night at a home in the 1400 block of Janrick Avenue. When police arrived at the home, officers found the bodies of two women in a bathroom.Both women died from gunshot wounds, and someone had attempted to set their bodies on fire, Hahn said.The women have been identified as Erica Wallace, 45, and Kiara Lasalle, 17. Both are from Sacramento. Wallace was Arnold's ex-girlfriend and Lasalle was her daughter, police said.No additional details have been released.Several Sacramento police officers were at the memorial service for slain Sacramento County Deputy Robert French at the time of Thursday's shooting. French was shot and killed by a vehicle theft suspect on Aug. 30 at a motel in Sacramento.