TRAFFIC STOP SHOOTOUT LEAVES 2 DEAD, COP INJURED

The driver and passenger of a vehicle were killed in a shootout with a San Antonio police officer Friday, as a casual encounter abruptly turned into a life-or-death struggle that left the officer and another passenger wounded, police said. The incident was at least the second time this week that a police traffic stop turned deadly, following the fatal shooting on Sunday of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb. The gunfire in Texas erupted shortly after police pulled over the vehicle and an officer engaged the driver in what appeared to be casual conversation for a few minutes, San Antonio Police Chief William Mcmanus said. “At some point, I'm not sure why, but the driver pulled a gun and started firing and the officer was hit in the hand,” Mcmanus said “He retreated backward, returning fire inside the vehicle.”