Thread: 3 Palm Springs Police Officers shot

Two officers allegedly dead in CA shooting, manhunt ongoing


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BREAKING NEWS: Suspect arrested in murder of 2 California police officers

Suspect in killing of two Palm Springs police officers has served time for assault







Ruben Vives, Brittny Mejia, Richard Winton and Matt Stevens


Authorities early Sunday arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of killing two Palm Springs police officers and wounding a third when they responded to a domestic disturbance Saturday.
The arrest capped a nearly 12-hour standoff in a quiet Palm Springs neighborhood involving scores of police who swarmed the area after the officers were gunned down.
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John Felix, 26, of Palm Springs, was taken into custody at about 1 a.m. and rushed to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. Riverside County Sheriff’s officials said he surrendered peacefully.
Felix will be booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on two counts of murder of a peace officer.
The suspect has a history of violence, records show.
Felix was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon after an initial charge of attempted murder in 2009. Prosecutors at the time accused him of being a member of a criminal gang. He was sentenced to two years in prison. In 2013, he was accused of resisting arrest with Palm Springs police on the same street where Saturday’s shooting occurred. He pleaded guilty to a count of malicious noise.


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