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Article snippet: A police officer was shot to death and another was seriously wounded Friday night in Kissimmee, Fla., in what the police chief said may have been an ambush while the two men were responding to a call complaining of suspicious activity on the city’s north side. The two officers, both gravely injured, were found around 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of Palmway and Cypress Streets after residents reported the shooting, Chief Jeffrey O’Dell said. One of the officers, Matthew Baxter, who had been on the force for three years, later died. The other, Sgt. Sam Howard, a 10-year veteran, was reported to be in critical condition “and the prognosis does not look good,” Chief O’Dell said. The Kissimmee shooting was the first of two attacks on Florida police officers Friday night. Two sheriff’s officers in Jacksonville were also wounded when responding to a suicide call, officials said. In Kissimmee, about 20 miles south of Orlando, the shooting occurred during what Chief O’Dell called a “consensual encounter to get out and check.” Three people have been arrested: Two were among those being questioned at the time of the shooting, and the third is suspected of firing on the officers, Chief O’Dell said. “Nobody was being placed in handcuffs,” the chief said at a news conference early Saturday. “If all things checked out, the officers would have been on their way.” Chief O’Dell said officers are often called to north Kissimmiee. Residents, he said, “get tired of putting up with s... Link to the full article to read more