A list of police ambush killings in the US, its territories

FILE - In this June 8, 2014 file photo, the photos of slain police officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo, right, are displayed at a news conference in Las Vegas. Earlier in the day a man and a woman ambushed the wo police officers while they were eating lunch at a Las Vegas pizza restaurant, fatally shooting them before fleeing to a nearby Wal-Mart, where they killed a third person and then themselves in an apparent suicide pact.(AP Photo/John Locher, File) FILE - In this June 8, 2014 file photo, the photos of slain police officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo, right, are displayed at a news conference in Las Vegas. Earlier in the day a man and a woman ambushed the wo police officers while they were eating lunch at a Las Vegas pizza restaurant, fatally shooting them before fleeing to a nearby Wal-Mart, where they killed a third person and then themselves in an apparent suicide pact.(AP Photo/John Locher, File)

By Associated Press July 5, 2017 6 min read

A New York City police officer was killed in an ambush attack while sitting in a police RV early Wednesday. Police say Officer Miosotis Familia was killed by Alexander Bonds, an ex-convict who ranted online about police getting away with killing people. Authorities say officers fatally shot Bonds after he pulled a gun on them.

Here’s a look at other cases of ambushed police officers:

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Nov. 2, 2016

A white man with a history of racial provocations and confrontations with police ambushed and fatally shot two white officers in separate attacks as they sat in their patrol cars in suburban Des Moines. Scott Michael Greene pleaded guilty last month in the deaths Urbandale Officer Justin Martin, 24, and Des Moines Sgt. Anthony Beminio, 38. He was sentenced to consecutive life prison terms.