Authorities say two Idaho police officers were injured and a suspect was dead after a shooting during a search for a fugitive.
(FOX)- Police were doing a yard-to-yard search for the fugitive about 3:25 p.m. Friday when the gunfire broke out in a Boise neighborhood.
Boise police say the man who was killed in the shootout is 33-year-old Marco Romero, a recent parolee who was sought in connection with a Tuesday shooting in Meridian that injured two people. Authorities did not release the names of the injured officers, but one of them was being treated in the emergency room and the other was in surgery at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center Friday evening.
A police dog named Jardo was also injured in the shooting, and was taken to a veterinary emergency hospital for treatment.
Resident Jake Chappele told the Idaho Statesman that he was just getting home from school with his three kids when the gunfire broke out. He ushered the kids inside when he heard what sounded like 10 to 20 shots.
Another resident, Jeff Sele, said he was talking with someone on the street when he heard the gunfire.
“I heard guns and shotguns, it sounded like to me. You can definitely tell the difference between a gun and shotgun blast. It happened real fast….It was 10 to 12 shots, and then it was done,” Sele said.