Two officers were shot and killed while sitting in their police cars early on Wednesday in “ambush-style” attacks in the Des Moines area. Des Moines police shooting: killed officers named after 'ambush' Read moreWith just six days left before election day, Clinton departed from her standard campaign speech to address the attacks during a speech in Las Vegas. The Democratic nominee said she called the mayors of Des Moines and Urbandale, as well of the Urbandale chief of police to express her condolences. Republican nominee Donald Trump responded to the attacks during an earlier campaign event in Miami. Both Clinton, Trump and their surrogates have spread out across the country to encourage people to turn up on election day with tens of millions of votes already cast.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2016 01:36 UTC