CERES — It 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.
Helicopters hovered above as police ordered people to go inside, lock their doors and turn off the lights.
Three hours later, another gun battle erupted, this one ending in the death of a 19-year-old Marine from Modesto,suspected of shooting the two officers.
Altogether, police and neighbors said Monday, dozens of bullets flew, shattering windows and piercing vehicles as residents hunkered down in terror.
"Brap-brap-brap-brap-brap," said Anthony John Phillips, a 15-year-old boy who lives a block away, trying to describe the rapid gunfire. "I was scared. It was crazy."
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.
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