PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — In the minutes before three Palm Springs officers were shot, two fatally, the suspected gunman’s father told a neighbour his son was armed, “acting crazy” and wanted to shoot police. “My son is inside and we’re scared, he’s acting crazy,” Serrano said the older Felix told her. Palm Springs police Chief Bryan Reyes identified the slain officers as Jose “Gil” Gilbert Vega and Lesley Zerebny. “I don’t even remember anything so vicious and cruel,” said Palm Springs resident Heidi Thompson. “These officers are responding to a domestic call for somebody in need that they don’t even know.

Source: National Post October 09, 2016 18:56 UTC