Maryland police officer shot dead in 'unprovoked' police station gunfight

Prince George's County Police Officer Jacai Colson was shot dead Sunday
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On Sunday evening, a gunman walked up to a police station in Landover, Maryland, and fired, Prince George's County Police Chief Henry Stawinski III said Sunday night. Officer Jacai Colson, a week shy of 29, was killed in what Stawinski called an "unprovoked attack" on the station, in a suburb about 10 miles northeast of downtown Washington, D.C. Two suspects have been arrested, one of them wounded but expected to survive.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.