"Laying in wait"attacker shoots 2 Wash. cops

Man killed, deputies hurt in county where 4 officers were slain last month

EATONVILLE, Wash. - Two sheriff's officers responding to a domestic dispute were wounded and a 35-year-old man was killed Monday after he opened fire on the officers at a home in Washington state's rural Pierce County, authorities said.

The shooting is the third in the last three months in which authorities say a gunman has taken aim at law enforcement officers in Washington State.

Pierce County Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said that one sergeant and one deputy were shot Monday at 8:48 p.m. while responding to a dispute between two brothers near Eatonville, a rural community in the Cascade foothills.

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