Article updated: 2/27/2013 5:03 PM

Two police officers killed in California; suspect dead

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Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Deputy member of the SWAT team gears up to enter the shooting scene Tuesday.

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A quiet seaside community in California known for its surfing and liberal attitudes erupted in violence when two detectives were shot and killed while trying to question a sex crime suspect who later died in a police shootout.