Officer and two others killed in gun fight

Officer and two others killed in gun fight
Incident occurred at San Francisco Bay area salon full of
updated 4:49 a.m. ET, Sun., Sept. 7, 2008
MARTINEZ, Calif. - Three people including a police officer are dead after a reported domestic disturbance at a hair salon turned into a gun fight, police in this San Francisco Bay area community said Saturday.

Martinez police and Contra Costa County sheriff's deputies responded to the disturbance call at Elegant Hair Designs at 11:35 a.m., said Jimmy Lee, a sheriff's spokesman.

At the time the salon was full of customers, including a bridal party. No one inside the salon was shot.


After officers arrived, the gunman, who said he was looking for his ex-wife, fled to an apartment complex behind the salon, and shots were fired, Lee said.

Martinez police Sgt. Paul Starzyk was killed in the exchange, which occurred inside an apartment in the complex.
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