Two sheriff's deputies in Florida died in an apparent ambush Thursday after a suspected gunman shot them through the window of a local restaurant, officials said.
The two Gilchrist County deputies were at Ace China in Trenton, Florida, when the shooter opened fire, according to a statement from the neighboring Alachua County Sheriff’s Office. When additional deputies arrived on the scene, the shooter was also dead outside the restaurant.
Authorities did not immediately give a possible motive.
The names of the deputies and the suspected gunman were not immediately released.
Shortly after the shooting, the Gilchrist County sheriff tweeted that the department suffered a "terrible tragedy."
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi expressed her condolences in a statement.
"My heart breaks with the tragic news of two Gilchrist County deputies that were senselessly killed today while in the line of duty," she said.
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