Newly-returned policewoman shot dead on domestic call

A police officer on her first shift after returning to the force has been shot dead and two of her colleagues wounded after responding to a domestic call about an argument. Officers received a call at around 5.50pm on Saturday in Woodbridge, just outside Alexandria, Virginia, about a "verbal argument", Sergeant Jonathan Perok of Prince William County police said. He said a military serviceman was in custody and facing a capital murder charge. Newly-sworn in Officer Ashley Guindon died "as a result of her injuries sustained during the incident", the police department said on its Facebook page Ms Guindon was a county police officer a few years ago and had left, then returned to the force, Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, said. A picture of Ms Guindon was posted to the department's Twitter page on Friday with a tweet that read, "Welcome Officers Steven Kendall & Ashley Guindon who were sworn in today & begin their shifts this weekend. Be Safe!" It is not known if the other officer in the tweet was involved in the shooting incident. Mr Stewart said another woman was killed in the domestic incident, but police would not confirm that information.

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