Two Officers Shot in Georgia and in Missouri

A day after a police ambush in Dallas, two officers were shot and wounded in the line of duty on Friday, though neither incident was believed to be related to the Dallas attack.

In Valdosta, Ga., an officer was dispatched to a house whose occupant had called 911 to report a car break-in. When the officer arrived, the man, Stephen Paul Beck, 22, shot him several times, the police said. The officer was hospitalized in stable condition, officials said.

The second officer was shot and wounded during a traffic stop in Ballwin, Mo., on Friday morning, and a suspect was captured shortly afterward, officials said.

Missouri’s governor, Jay Nixon, cut short a trip to Philadelphia and returned to the state. “Deeply concerned by reports of an officer shot in Ballwin,” hewrote on Twitter. “This violence must stop.”

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Names of the Slain Officers

Names of the Slain Officers

The five officers killed in Dallas were identified over the course of the day by the authorities and their families. They are:

• Senior Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, a 14-year veteran of the police.

• Michael Krol, 40, an eight-year veteran.

• Sgt. Michael Smith, 55, a former Army ranger and father of two young girls.

• Patrick Zamarripa, 32, a seven-year veteran of the Dallas police who had served in the Navy and worked in Iraq as a military policeman.

• Brent Thompson, 43, a Dallas Area Rapid Transit police officer who had worked for a private firm training police officers in Afghanistan and Iraq.

5 Slain Dallas Officers Served Overseas and at Home

By ALAN BLINDER and ALAN FEUER

The dead officers included at least two military veterans and one who was awarded a title of ‘Cops’ Cop.’

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