(Reuters) - Six U.S. police officers were shot and one was killed in three separate encounters with suspects in Florida and Pennsylvania on Friday, and two suspects in those shootings also died, according to officials and local media. In Kissimmee, a community south of Orlando, Florida, two officers came under fire after approaching a group of people based on suspicions they might be involved in illegal conduct, Kissimmee Police Chief Jeff O’Dell told reporters. The two officers, who were in uniform, appear to have been taken by surprise when they came under fire, he added. The two officers were rushed to a hospital but one of the men, Officer Matthew Baxter, died of his injuries. The other officer, Sergeant Sam Howard, was in “grave, critical condition and the prognosis does not look good,” O’Dell said.

Source: Huffington Post August 19, 2017 08:26 UTC