Detective Benjamin Marconi, 50, was shot and killed Nov. 20 while on duty in San Antonio. (San Antonio Police Department via Associated Press)An officer was shot and killed just outside the San Antonio Police Department’s headquarters around noon on Sunday. The shooter then reached inside the car and shot Marconi, 50, a second time before returning to his vehicle and driving away through the station’s parking lot, according to McManus. [Fatal shootings of police officers are up more than 50 percent]Marconi, a 20-year veteran of the force, was pronounced dead at about 12:30 p.m. at the San Antonio Military Medical Center. “As we sort through them, we’ll be able to have a better idea of why this might have happened.”“I want to extend my deepest condolences to the family of the officer killed,” San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor said in a statement.

Source: Washington Post November 20, 2016 22:04 UTC