Two Police Officers, Suspect Dead After Shoot Out in Santa Cruz
"Darkest day in the history of the Santa Cruz police department" according to the police chief
Police in Santa Cruz, Calif., were trying Wednesday to determine what set off two shootouts that left two officers and a suspect dead on what the chief of police called "the darkest day in the history of the Santa Cruz police department."
The tragedy is the most brutal in a rash of violent crimes comes in the coastal city of 60,000 people about 70 miles south of San Francisco.
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