SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER SHOT, KILLED

2 others wounded in Florida, Missouri

A Texas detective was shot and killed while writing a traffic ticket outside of police headquarters late Sunday morning. Later Sunday, two other officers were wounded in incidents in Florida and Missouri.

San Antonio Police Chief William McManus identified the slain officer as 20-year veteran detective Benjamin Marconi, 50. He said the suspect has not yet been apprehended, and a motive is not known.

McManus said Marconi had pulled over a car for a traffic violation outside Public Safety Headquarters in downtown. While Marconi was inside his squad car writing a ticket, a black vehicle pulled up behind him and the driver got out, walked up to the detective’s window and shot him in the head, McManus said. Then the suspect reached into the window and shot Marconi a second time, he said.

The suspect then got back into his car and drove away in what police described as a black Toyota or Nissan sedan. McManus said in a news conference Sunday afternoon that police do not know if there was a connection between the car Marconi stopped and the shooter.

Police said Marconi was pronounced dead at San Antonio Military Medical Center around 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

Later Sunday, a Sanibel Police Department officer was shot during a traffic stop. He was taken to Lee Memorial Hospital and his condition was not known.

A suspect was taken into custody shortly afterward.

And in Missouri, KSDK-TV reported a police officer was in critical but stable condition after being shot in south St. Louis on Sunday night. The suspect was at large. The injured officer, 46, has 20 years of service, police tweeted.