ST. PAUL, Minn. – A suburban St. Paul police officer was ****** during an ambush Saturday morning, setting off a massive manhunt that ended with one suspect dead and another in custody, authorities said.
Maplewood Police Sgt. Joseph Bergeron, 49, was fatally shot while responding to a reported carjacking. A jogger on a nearby trail heard the shot that ****** Bergeron, a married ****** of two and a 26-year police veteran, and turned back around to see two suspects fleeing, police said.
The jogger used the officer's radio to call for help, and the carjacking victim warned police that at least one of the suspects was armed.
"We're all grieving," Maplewood Police Chief David Thomalla said. "He's one of the finest people I know, and he was ******** today senselessly."
The ****** set off an hours-long search by more than 100 officers from over a dozen *************** agencies. Officers brandished automatic rifles and police helicopters circled overhead as they searched a wooded area and neighborhoods east of Lake Phalen, near the shooting scene.
