US park police officer wounded in ‘ambush’ shooting in Washington DC

Park police chief says officer was ‘ambushed’ by two gunmen who fired as officer drove in unmarked vehicle

A US park police officer was seriously wounded Monday evening in a shooting in Washington DC in what the park police chief called an ambush.

Park police chief Scott Brecht said in a press briefing that the unidentified officer was “ambushed” by two gunmen who fired at the officer as he drove by in an unmarked vehicle. The officer was working on a park police investigation when he was shot. The chief declined to give specifics of the investigation.