Written by: ANTI-MEDIA Staff at theantimedia.org

At approximately 3am local time Sunday morning, a police officer was shot and killed in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office have yet to identify the slain officer or the suspect attached to the shooting. A motive for the killing has yet to be provided either but the Tampa Bay Times did report that the victim was a Tarpon Springs police officer.

The only known suspect fled the scene of the shooting before crashing their vehicle into a telephone pole and another vehicle. The suspect was subsequently apprehended and taken into custody, according to police.

This marks the 3rd officer to be shot in killed in the United States in 24 hours, after two NYPD officers were killed on a Brooklyn street corner Saturday afternoon.

No other details have been provided at this time.

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