A police officer sitting in a patrol car was fatally shot in the head at point-blank range by a man who “was looking for an officer to kill,” the police chief in Fayetteville, Arkansas says.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A man who “was looking for an officer to kill” drove into a police parking lot in northwestern Arkansas, approached an officer who was sitting in a patrol car and shot him point-blank in the head, police said Sunday.
Reynolds said two officers ran outside after hearing gunshots behind the police department at about 9:42 p.m. Saturday and confronted an armed suspect, who they shot and killed. Reynolds identified the suspect as London Phillips, 35, of Fayetteville. “All I know is that this was a cowardly act. I have no information that leads me to believe that he targeted this officer specifically. He was looking for an officer to kill,” Reynolds said during a news conference Sunday.Fayetteville police had a “brief history” with Phillips, Reynolds said. Police received a call in Dec. 2018 about Phillips impersonating a police officer, he said. In April, Phillips pawned a gun at a local pawn shop.
Reynolds said there has been an outpouring of shock, disbelief and support from people in Fayetteville and the surrounding area.
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