Three police officers killed in Oakland shootings
Posted Wednesday, April 1, 2009 2:16 PM
At least three police officers in Oakland, California, were shot and killed Saturday afternoon after a man pulled over for a routine traffic stop opened fire and then battled SWAT officers at a nearby building, police said.The man, a 26-year-old Oakland resident, was later fatally shot in a shootout with a SWAT team in an apartment complex where he hid. A fourth officer -- also shot -- remained in critical condition, police said at a late-night news conference. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office differed from police, saying four officers had died in the shootings