US police officer fatally shot on armed robbery

JERSEY CITY: A Jersey City police officer responding to an armed robbery call at a 24-hour drug store was fatally shot early Sunday, officials said. Police shot and killed the suspect.
Officer Melvin Santiago was shot in the head while still in his police vehicle as he and his partner responded to a call at a Walgreens Pharmacy at about 4.a.m., Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said in a statement.
Fulop says Santiago was pronounced dead at Jersey City Medical Center. No other details about the officer were immediately released.
“Today was a horrible day for Jersey City,” Fulop said. Santiago, 23, is the first Jersey City officer killed in the line of duty since Det. Marc DiNardo was killed in July 2009 during a raid on an apartment searching for suspects in a robbery.
Fulop said officers responding to the robbery call shot and killed the man who shot Santiago. He wasn’t immediately identified.
The mayor says an armed security guard at the store told authorities that the man struck him and took his weapon. Fulop says police believe that weapon was used in the shooting.