Police: Officer dead after courthouse ambush
POSTED: 12:33 p.m. EDT, May 20, 2007 Story Highlights . NEW: Police say officer, initally reported wounded, has died after ambush . Police say the suspected shooter is one of the two people found dead in church . Three SWAT teams entered church, found two bodies on main floor . At least 75 shots fired in ambush at county courthouse, police say http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/20/police.shot.ap/index.html MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) -- Law enforcement officers stormed a church Sunday where a shooter hid after killing a police officer and wounding two people in a courthouse ambush, finding the body of the likely gunman and another man, police said. Authorities initally reported three people were wounded, two of them police officers. One of the officers died later, police said. The name of the officer killed was not immediately released. The shooting began late Saturday and wounded a civilian as well, said David Duke, Moscow's assistant police chief. Duke said the attack was apparently an ambush, with the shooter firing into the Latah County Courthouse to lure people into the line of fire. A total of 75 shots were fired, he said. Shortly after 6 a.m., three SWAT teams entered the First Presbyterian Church and found the two bodies on the main floor, Duke said. A semiautomatic rifle, ammunition and spent shells were found with one of the men, he said. "We believe one of those is our shooter," Duke said. Authorities said they did not know the identities of either man. Police did not know the motive of the shooter and did not believe he had a specific target in mind, Duke said. A hail of more than 30 bullets struck the Latah County Courthouse shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday, ripping through the dispatch center, Duke said. No one was injured, and officers rushed out of the building. "Whoever the shooter is wanted to draw people to the courthouse," Duke said. "When officers responded, he did open fire on them." A Moscow police officer was shot first, followed by a Latah County sheriff's deputy who came to his aid. The civilian was struck after that, Duke said. Their conditions were not revealed, although the civilian was apparently in surgery, Duke said. "He was just shooting at anybody he could," Duke said. "We believe the shots were from a high area, based on where the victims were shot." Officers surrounded the church, which is across the street from the courthouse and nestled in a residential neighborhood near downtown and Moscow High School. A final shot was heard from inside the church about 1 a.m. Sunday, Duke said. Duke would not say if the shooter committed suicide. The two bodies were not in the same room. Streets in the area had been barricaded and residents had been told to stay inside their homes. Many residents told news media that they heard the spray of bullets, and some said they witnessed the shooting of the officers. 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