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		</div><h6 class="postid-14794150"><span style="color: #453636;"><strong><span class="credit img__credit">Arkansas police said O</span>fficer Stephen Carr, 27, was ‘ambushed, executed’ in fatal shooting near his station around 9.42pm, Saturday</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14794150"><span style="color: #453636;"><strong><span class="credit img__credit">Officer Carr who&#8217;s been with the Fayetteville Police Dept since 2017</span> was sitting in his patrol car in the back parking lot of the police station when the suspect walked up and shot him execution style </strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14794150"><span style="color: #453636;"><strong>Officers went out to investigate gunshots outside their station encountered a suspect fleeing the scene</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14794150"><span style="color: #453636;"><strong>They chased 35-year-old London Phillips, of Fayetteville, into an alley between the police dept and the city prosecutor’s office</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14794150"><span style="color: #453636;"><strong>Officers exchanged gunfire with the fleeing suspect, injuring Phillips </strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14794150"><span style="color: #453636;"><strong>They later found Officer Carr shot in his patrol car</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14794150"><span style="color: #453636;"><strong>Both the wounded officer Carr and the suspect London Phillips succumbed to their injuries and died at the scene</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="wp-caption-text featured"><img class="alignnone wp-image-338328" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Stephen-Carr-1.jpg" alt="Stephen Carr 1.jpg" width="693" height="460" /><strong>Officer Stephen Carr, in Arkansas was shot and killed as he sat in his patrol vehicle outside his police station Saturday night before the suspected shooter was gunned down by responding officers in a nearby alley </strong></h6>
<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">A police officer sitting in his patrol car , while waiting for his partner outside a police station in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas was shot and killed on Saturday, Dec. 7, </span></div>
<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Officer Stephen car was executed by a gunman as he sat in his patrol vehicle outside his police station Saturday night before the suspected shooter was gunned down by responding officers in a nearby alley, according to officials.</span></div>
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<p class="speakable">The Fayetteville Police Department said in a news release the incident happened around 9:42 p.m. when officers inside the station heard gunshots, went outside and heard additional gunshots before encountering a suspect behind the police department fleeing the area.<br />
After a confrontation where the suspect was shot and killed, deputies discovered Officer Stephen Carr, 27, shot inside his patrol vehicle.<br />
“It appears the suspect came into the back parking lot and just executed my officer,” Fayetteville Police Chief Mike Reynolds said at a brief news conference.<br />
Reynolds told reporters that the suspect, 35-year-old London Phillips, of Fayetteville, was chased into an alley between the police department and the city prosecutor’s office. Officers then “engaged the suspect,” and shots were fired, injuring Phillips.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">Three minutes after the shooting was reported, police said that emergency medical personnel responded to the scene, but both officer Carr and the suspected shooter, London Phillips died of their injuries at the scene.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">“Evidence shows that Officer Carr was ambushed and executed while sitting in his patrol vehicle,” </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/FYVpolice/photos/a.786437224718837/3173557489340120/?type=3&;theater" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">police said</a><span style="color: var(--color-text);">.</span></p>
<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-338333" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Deputy-stands-guard-after-shooting-of-officer-Stephen-Carr-in-Fayetville-Ark-on-Dec-7.jpg" alt="Deputy stands guard after shooting of officer Stephen Carr in Fayetville, Ark, on Dec 7.jpg" width="1000" height="627" /><strong>Deputy stands guard after shooting of officer Stephen Carr in Fayetteville, Ark, on Dec 7</strong></h6>
<h6 class="speakable"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-338331" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Bystanders-ask-a-police-officer-about-the-shooting-Saturday-night-outside-the-Fayetteville-police-station-on-Dec-7.jpg" alt="Bystanders ask a police officer about the shooting Saturday night outside the Fayetteville police station on Dec 7.jpg" width="800" height="532" /><strong>Members of the public ask a police officer about the shooting Saturday night outside the police station in downtown Fayetteville </strong></span></h6>
<p class="speakable"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Chief Reynolds said the officer had been waiting for his partner in the parking lot when the shooting happened.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Stephen Carr joined the Fayetteville Police Department in April 2017 and was assigned as a patrol officer in the Dickson Street entertainment district. Police called him a “hero,” and said he served with dedication and professionalism for 2 1/2 years.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">“We would like to thank our community for their outpouring of support, along with our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners for their quick response and assistance,” police said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Carr’s family during this tragic time.”<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The police department </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/FYVpolice/photos/a.786437224718837/3173557489340120/?type=3&;theater" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said in a news release</a><span style="color: var(--color-text);"> that a preliminary investigation also shows that two officers, whose names will not be released at this time, fired at the suspect.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">“These officers have been placed on paid administrative leave in compliance with city and police department policy until the Chief of Police is able to review the findings of the investigation,” the department said.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Reynolds, who told reporters he didn’t know of a motive, said that the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were working the crime scene.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Police </span>said <span style="color: var(--color-text);">that several law enforcement agencies would be involved in the investigation.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The gunfire sparked a scare at the nearby city square, where a crowd was taking in the Lights of the Ozarks installation and heard the gunshots, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Police stressed there was no threat to the public.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">“We think about stuff like this and we know it could happen here, but you hope it never does,” police spokesman Sgt. Anthony Murphy </span>told the <a href="https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/dec/08/fayetteville-police-officer-shot-killed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DemocratGazette</a><span style="color: var(--color-text);">.<br />
“It happened here. Now we’re here to pick up the pieces.”<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The fatal Arkansas shooting followed the shooting death of a Houston police officer Saturday night, who was shot multiple times while responding to a domestic violence call. Officer Carr&#8217;s murder made up the number to </span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">113 officers had died in the line of duty in 2019.</span></p>
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Arkansas cop, Stephen Carr, 27, ‘ambushed, executed’ in fatal shooting near station by 35-year-old suspect, London Phillips, who then was shot and killed by police as he fled the scene
