Officials: Coast Guardsman shot 2 colleagues, ambushed cops

Source: Associated Press

Officials: Coast Guardsman shot 2 colleagues, ambushed cops
| February 5, 2015 | Updated: February 5, 2015 4:07pm

BOURNE, Mass. (AP) — A Coast Guard member shot two colleagues at a Cape Cod condo complex early Thursday, lit a car on fire to hamper police, planted fake bombs and then opened fire on officers, authorities said.

The episode, which police chief in the town of Bourne called "crazy and hectic," left one woman dead, another woman and an officer wounded, and the suspect in custody.

Coast Guard spokesman Ross Ruddell said both women involved were stationed on Cape Cod, while the suspected gunman was a man stationed in Virginia. Ruddell said he could not disclose their names or how they knew each other.

Massachusetts authorities later identified the suspect as Adrian Loya, of Chesapeake, Virginia, who turned 31 on Thursday. He pleaded not guilty to charges including murder, armed assault, home invasion and assault and battery of a police officer Thursday afternoon during an arraignment in Falmouth District Court.


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