OFFICERS DOWN ! : Two Kansas Police Officers Shot and Killed in the Line of Duty

Gun violence and the War on Cops continues -- when will it stop ?

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Two Topeka, Kan., police officers slain outside grocery store


Updated 2:05 a.m. EST

TOPEKA, Kan. Two Topeka Kansas police officers were fatally shot outside a grocery store Sunday while responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle, authorities said.

Topeka Police Chief Ronald Miller called the shootings of Cpl. David Gogian and Officer Jeff Atherly "unspeakable." He said both Gogian, 50, and Atherly, 29, were shot in the head by a gunman who opened fire on them within minutes of their arrival to investigate the vehicle.

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The call about the vehicle came shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday, police said. Gogian and Atherly had arrived as backup for another officer when someone in the vehicle they were investigating started shooting.

"I don't believe they had any idea this situation was going to go this direction as quickly as it did," Miller said.

A witness told CBS Topeka affiliate WIBW-TV he heard three gun clips emptied, then heard another series of shots.