2 Ark. Police Killed During Traffic Stop Of Ohio Van

[The Straight Story]

2 Ark. Police Killed During Traffic Stop Of Ohio Van

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — Authorities on Thursday said two West Memphis police officers were shot and killed by two men with AK-47s during a traffic stop on a busy interstate.

The two suspects later died in a shootout with police in the crowded parking lot of a Walmart.

West Memphis Police Inspector Bert Shelton says officers Brandon Paudert and Bill Evans were "running drug interdiction" on Interstate 40 in east Arkansas when they pulled over a white van with Ohio license plates Thursday afternoon.


The van's registration was traced to a building in New Vienna, Ohio, 10TV's Glenn McEntyre reported.

The Clinton County building houses a church, the House Of God's Prayer, McEntyre reported.

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2010/05/20/story-memphis-arkansas-officer-shot-ohio-vehicle.html?sid=102

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