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The Latest: 2 officers fatally shot in Southern California

Officers watch to a home on Cypress Road after a gunshots where fired in Palm Springs, Calif. on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. Palm Springs police say three officers had been shot but did not give their conditions. (Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun via AP)
Officers watch to a home on Cypress Road after a gunshots where fired in Palm Springs, Calif. on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. Palm Springs police say three officers had been shot but did not give their conditions. (Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun via AP)

By Associated Press 2 min read

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) – The Latest on the shooting of three police officers in Palm Springs. (all times local):

5 p.m.

Police Chief Bryan Reyes says three officers in Palm Springs, California were trying to resolve a family dispute Saturday when a man fatally shot two of them and wounded the third.

Reyes told reporters the officers were talking calmly to the man, trying to resolve things when he suddenly opened fire on them.

The chief, his voice breaking, identified the fatally wounded officers as Jose Gilbert Vega and Lesley Zerebny. He did not disclose their rank or any other information about them.