Shootings in Texas, Wisconsin kill two police officers
Shootings in Texas, Wisconsin kill two police officers
Reuters – 6 hrs ago
(Reuters) - Two on-duty police officers were shot and killed in separate incidents in Wisconsin and Texas on Monday, according to police and media reports, a deadly Christmas Eve for first responders across the United States.
The shootings in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and in Houston came the same day that a gunman shot dead two firefighters and wounded three at a house fire in upstate Webster, New York.
Wauwatosa Police Officer Jennifer Sebena, 30, was found shot and killed early on Monday, according to police in the Milwaukee suburb.
Sebena was on patrol between 3 and 5 a.m. when she was shot several times, police said. She was found by a fellow officer after she did not respond to calls from dispatch.
An officer with the Bellaire Police Department in Houston died following a shootout at around 9 a.m. that also killed an innocent bystander, according to local media reports.
A spokesperson for the Houston Police Department was not immediately available for comment. An officer answering the phone confirmed what was in local media, but would not comment further.
The suspect is in the hospital, according to local media.
A representative for the Bellaire Police Department said only that an officer had been shot at the end of a pursuit.
Before Monday's deaths, the Washington-based National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund reported that a total of 125 federal, state and local officers had died in the line of duty this year.
Forty-seven deaths were firearms-related, 50 from traffic-related incidents and 28 from other causes, it said.
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Husband of slain Wis. cop arrested in her death
Husband of slain Wis. cop arrested in her death
By By DINESH RAMDE | Associated Press – 2 hrs 14 mins ago
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Associated Press/Wauwatosa Police Department - This undated photo provided by the Wauwatosa Police Department shows officer Jennifer L. Sebena, who was found shot to death Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Police on Tuesday …more released a statement saying they're pursuing multiple leads. (AP Photo/Wauwatosa Police Department) less
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The husband of a police officer who was fatally shot on Christmas Eve while patrolling in suburban Milwaukee has been arrested in connection with her death, authorities said Thursday.
Benjamin Sebena, of Menomonee Falls, was booked into Milwaukee County Jail on Wednesday night on a tentative charge of first-degree intentional homicide, the Wauwatosa police department said in a statement.
He has not been formally charged in the death of his 30-year-old wife, Jennifer Sebena. A message was left with the district attorney's office seeking comment.
Ben Sebena, 30, is a decorated U.S. Marine who served two tours in Iraq before suffering severe arm and leg injuries in a mortar attack, according to Pastor Scott Arbeiter at Elmbrook Church in nearby Brookfield.
Police officers found Sebena's body in the early hours of Monday morning after she failed to respond to radio calls. She had been shot several times. Police have released few details about the shooting.
Jennifer Sebena had worked for the Wauwatosa police department for two years and her death was the first in active duty in the department's 96-year history.
Wauwatosa is a city of about 46,000 people just west of Milwaukee.
Sebena's funeral is scheduled for Saturday.
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Dinesh Ramde can be reached at dramde(at)ap.org.
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