Law enforcement officers stand by command vehicles on East 52nd Street in Tacoma, Wash., in the early hours of Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, near the home where a Tacoma Police officer was fatally shot Wednesday. The police officer who was shot multiple times while responding to a domestic violence call died Wednesday night, while police worked to arrest a suspect they believed was still barricaded in the home with a gun, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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SEATTLE (AP) - The Latest on the fatal shooting of a Tacoma, Washington, police officer who was answering a domestic violence call (all times local):
11 a.m.
A Tacoma, Washington, police spokeswoman said the officers who responded to a domestic violence call that left one officer dead had called for assistance right way and the officer was down while shots were still being fired.
Spokeswoman Loretta Cool told reporters during a Thursday news conference that the shooting is still under investigation and police are not yet releasing the name of the suspect or the officer who was killed Wednesday until his family is notified.
Cool says the officers didn't know right away that there were children in the house.
Later during the 11-hour standoff, they were able to rescue a 6-year-old boy.
While they were rescuing an 8-year-old girl, there was an opening for an officer to shoot the suspect.
Cool says the suspect was 38.
Cool says multiple agencies are investigating the incident to be sure that police policies were properly followed.
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4:30 a.m.
Authorities say the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Tacoma, Washington, police officer has been shot and killed by officers after a lengthy barricade situation.
Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer says the suspect was shot at approximately 3:30 a.m. Thursday, ending an 11-hour standoff. The suspect has not been identified.
Troyer says a girl and a boy, have been found unharmed, and have been taken from the house. He says officers found multiple weapons in the house.
Before the standoff began, a Tacoma officer was shot multiple times while answering a domestic violence call Wednesday. The officer was pronounced dead at a hospital after nightfall Wednesday. The officer has not been identified.
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2:15 a.m.
Dozen police held positions around a house early Thursday where a suspect accused of fatally shooting a Tacoma police officer hours earlier was believed still barricaded inside.
The officer was shot multiple times while responding to a domestic violence call Wednesday afternoon.
Tacoma Police spokeswoman Loretta Cool said the officer was pronounced dead at the hospital after nightfall.
After the death of the officer, who still hasn't been publicly identified, a procession of law enforcement officers from around the region escorted the body from the hospital to the county medical examiner's office.
After 2 a.m. PST Thursday, the standoff was ongoing with many emergency vehicles with flashing lights and numerous officers posted outside the home where the suspect was thought to be. The neighborhood had been locked down while officers from multiple agencies were "working to bring it to a peaceful resolution."
It wasn't immediately clear what led up to the shooting.
Motorcycle law enforcement officers lead a procession away from Tacoma General Hospital of an ambulance bearing the body of a Tacoma Police officer who was shot and killed while answering a domestic violence call Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, in Tacoma, Wash. Tacoma Police spokeswoman Loretta Cool said the officer was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday evening. "We've suffered a great loss and I think the community has suffered a great loss. I don't know how to put that into words," Cool said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Law enforcement officers gather at Tacoma General Hospital, where a Tacoma Police officer was taken after being shot while responding to a call Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, 2016, in Tacoma, Wash. Authorities say the officer shot multiple times while responding to a domestic violence call has died. Tacoma Police spokeswoman Loretta Cool says the officer was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Law enforcement vehicles line East 52nd Street in Tacoma, Wash., in the early hours of Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, near the home where a Tacoma Police Officer was fatally shot Wednesday. The police officer who was shot multiple times while responding to a domestic violence call died Wednesday night, while police worked to arrest a suspect they believed was still barricaded in the home with a gun, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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A law enforcement officer salutes as viewed through the windshield of a Tacoma Fire Department ambulance as the body of a Tacoma Police officer who was shot and killed while answering a domestic violence call Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, is placed in the vehicle for a procession away from Tacoma General Hospital, in Tacoma, Wash. Tacoma Police spokeswoman Loretta Cool said the officer was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday evening. "We've suffered a great loss and I think the community has suffered a great loss. I don't know how to put that into words," Cool said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Law enforcement officers gather next to an ambulance at Tacoma General Hospital, where a Tacoma Police officer was taken after being shot while responding to a call Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, 2016, in Tacoma, Wash. Authorities say the officer shot multiple times while responding to a domestic violence call has died. Tacoma Police spokeswoman Loretta Cool says the officer was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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People stand behind the ambulance entrance of Tacoma General Hospital, where a Tacoma Police officer was taken after being shot while responding to a call Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, 2016, in Tacoma, Wash. Authorities say the officer shot multiple times while responding to a domestic violence call has died. Tacoma Police spokeswoman Loretta Cool says the officer was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Law enforcement officers gather at Tacoma General Hospital, where a Tacoma Police officer was taken after being shot while responding to a call Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, 2016, in Tacoma, Wash. Authorities say the officer shot multiple times while responding to a domestic violence call has died. Tacoma Police spokeswoman Loretta Cool says the officer was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Law enforcement officers gather in front of an ambulance at Tacoma General Hospital, where a Tacoma Police officer was taken after being shot while responding to a call Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, 2016, in Tacoma, Wash. Authorities say the officer shot multiple times while responding to a domestic violence call has died. Tacoma Police spokeswoman Loretta Cool says the officer was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Police stand by a distraught Kristi Croskey at the scene where a Tacoma Police officer was shot while responding to a domestic call in East Tacoma, Wash., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. Croskey was in the house with the shooter and fled. KCPQ-TV reports an officer was taken to a Tacoma hospital Wednesday after the incident at about 5:30 p.m. (Peter Haley/The News Tribune via AP)
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Law enforcement officers stand watch at Tacoma General Hospital, where a Tacoma Police officer was taken after being shot while responding to a call Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, in Tacoma, Wash. Authorities say the officer shot multiple times while responding to a domestic violence call has died. Tacoma Police spokeswoman Loretta Cool says the officer was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Law enforcement officers gather at Tacoma General Hospital, where a Tacoma Police officer was taken after being shot while responding to a call Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, 2016, in Tacoma, Wash. Authorities say the officer shot multiple times while responding to a domestic violence call has died. Tacoma Police spokeswoman Loretta Cool says the officer was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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A law enforcement officer watches as viewed through the windshield of a Tacoma Fire Department ambulance as the flag-draped body of a Tacoma Police officer who was shot and killed while answering a domestic violence call Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, is placed in the vehicle for a procession away from Tacoma General Hospital, in Tacoma, Wash. Tacoma Police spokeswoman Loretta Cool said the officer was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday evening. "We've suffered a great loss and I think the community has suffered a great loss. I don't know how to put that into words," Cool said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Law enforcement vehicles line East 52nd Street in Tacoma, Wash., in the early hours of Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, near the home where a Tacoma Police Officer was fatally shot Wednesday. The police officer who was shot multiple times while responding to a domestic violence call died Wednesday night, while police worked to arrest a suspect they believed was still barricaded in the home with a gun, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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