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2 Officers Shot In South Sacramento, Suspect Dead

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - The latest on the shooting of two officers in south Sacramento:

12:25 p.m.

Police confirm that the suspect in an officer-involved shooting late Thursday morning has died.

Two officers were shot near Franklin Boulevard and 27th Avenue. The suspect was also hurt.

Sacramento police later announced that the suspect had died. The two officers suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Police say the suspect involved in Thursday's incident was also a suspect in a double homicide investigation along Janrick Avenue in Sacramento last week.

11:43 a.m.

Two officers were shot by a suspect in south Sacramento late Thursday morning, police confirm.

The scene is near Franklin Boulevard and 27th Avenue.

Sacramento police say two officers were struck in the shooting and suffered non-life threatening injuries.

The suspect is down, police say. The extent of the suspect's injuries is unknown at this point.

Police are asking people to avoid the area for the time being.

The shooting happened at the same time many law enforcement officers from around the region are in Roseville for the funeral of Sacramento County deputy Robert French, who was killed in a shootout with a suspect last week.

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