US park police officer wounded in ‘ambush’ shooting in Washington DC

Park police chief says officer was ‘ambushed’ by two gunmen who fired as officer drove in unmarked vehicle A US park police officer was seriously wounded on Monday evening in a shooting in Washington DC in what the park police chief called an ambush. The park police chief, Scott Brecht, said in a press briefing that the unidentified officer was “ambushed” by two gunmen who fired at the officer as he drove by in an unmarked vehicle. The officer was working on a park police investigation when he was shot. The chief declined to give specifics of the investigation. “We have jurisdiction in all of Washington DC,” the chief said. The veteran officer was airlifted by US park police helicopter to an area hospital, said Vito Maggiolo, public information officer for the the DC fire and emergency medical service department. He said the call came in about 7.30pm. The officer was shot in the shoulder and is in serious but stable condition, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter. Authorities were searching for two suspects, Brecht said. The US park police confirmed in an email tha