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Suspect dead, 3 police officers wounded in Laredo shootout

6 years 11 months 17 hours ago Friday, June 02 2017 Jun 2, 2017 June 02, 2017 8:34 PM June 02, 2017 in News

LAREDO, Texas (AP) - A murder suspect has been killed and three police officers wounded in a shootout at a Laredo convenience store.

Detective Joe Baeza, the Laredo police spokesman, said officers had been searching all day Friday for 55-year-old Antonio Geraldo Rodriguez. He was suspected in the fatal shooting of his 50-year-old girlfriend, Reyna Gonzalez Zamora, at her apartment.

Baeza said three officers spotted a vehicle matching the description of one driven by Rodriguez outside a convenience store about 5 p.m. Friday. As the officers approached, Rodriguez opened fire, drawing return fire from the officers and other officers who had just arrived as backup.

Baeza says Rodriguez was pronounced dead at a Laredo hospital a short time later. He said he did not have conditions for the wounded officers, who also were hospitalized.

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