http://modbee.com/local/v-print/story/9750300p-10616529c.htmlIt started as a seemingly simple and somewhat routine call Sunday night: a man was acting strangely at a liquor store.
Moments later, a burst of gunfire echoed through the normally quiet neighborhood. One Ceres police officer lay dying, another was critically wounded, and law enforcement was storming the scene by land and air.
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In the end:
Ceres police Sgt. Howard Stevenson, 39, was dead.
Andres Raya, who police say seemed determined to die rather than return to Iraq, was dead.Ceres police officer Sam Ryno, 50, was hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds. He was in critical condition Monday, and is expected to recover.