Two officers were gunned down on Sunday in their police cars, leaving one critically injured and the other dead.
The attacks took place in separate states, one occurring in San Antonio, Texas and the other in St. Louis, Missouri.
The 50 year-old San Antonio detective, Benjamin Marconi, was writing a ticket to a motorist in his police car at the time when another driver pulled up behind him, walked to his car and shot him twice in the head.
The 20-year police veteran was pronounced dead at the hospital.
A suspect has not been apprehended in this case.
The other shooting took place in St. Louis as the unnamed officer sat in traffic in a marked police vehicle.
He was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot in the face twice, but he is expected to survive.
Police reported that the suspect in that incident was later killed in a shootout with law enforcement.
"Fortunately for the blessing of God the officer's going to survive," Police Chief Sam Dotson said.
The 46 year-old officer is a married father of three and has been in the department for about 20 years.
At least two other police officers were also shot in other cities Sunday night, but it wasn't clear whether the incidents were targeted attacks.
An officer with the Gladstone, Missouri, police department near Kansas City was shot, while the suspect was shot and killed. A Sanibel, Florida, officer was shot in the shoulder during a traffic stop, and was treated for his injuries and released.
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