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Two South San Francisco officers responding to reports of
gunshots at 3 a.m. PST were fired upon by a hidden gunman, the
South San Francisco Police Department said in a statement.
Police said the suspect, Ivan Gomez, 23, of South San Francisco,
was charged with attempted murder of two police officers. The
weapon has not been found, they said.
The officers returned fire and neither was hurt, police said.
The statement said the gunman fled on foot and officers found
the suspect unharmed after a search.
The statement gave no motive for the alleged shooting incident.
Law enforcement officers around the United States have been on
edge since the Dec. 20 shooting of two New York police officers
by a gunman who said he was seeking to avenge the deaths of
unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by David Gregorio)
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