Two Kansas officers fatally shot outside market

Posted at: 12/16/2012 11:53 PM
By: Associated Press | WHEC.com

Police in the Kansas city of Topeka say two of their officers shot outside a grocery store have died at a hospital.
 
They say the 22-year-old male suspect in Sunday's shooting remains at large and is believed to be still armed.
 
The officers were shot responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle near the store. They have been identified as 50-year-old Cpl. David Gogian and 29-year-old Officer Jeff Atherly.
 
Police officials announced the news of the officers' deaths Sunday night as a small crowd gathered nearby for a candlelight vigil outside police headquarters.
 
Gogian had been with the department since September 2004 and Atherly since April 2011.
 
Police found the reported vehicle outside a house 10 blocks from the store. They searched the house but didn't find the suspect.
 

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