Three days after the , there's word that two sheriff's deputies in Louisiana's St. John the Baptist Parish were killed this morning and another two were wounded in what appear to be connected shootings.
, authorities are describing the first shooting — in which at least one deputy was injured — as "an ambush."
The second shooting, which left two officers dead, "occurred after deputies investigating the first attack located a car at the nearby Riverview Trailer Park matching the description of the car involved in the first shooting," the Times-Picayune reports.
They were attempting to question two men in a trailer when a third man jumped out and began firing with an assault rifle.
Five suspects have been taken into custody, The Associated Press reports.
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