AWFUL – AT 9:08 A.M. ET:  Americans are waking up to learn that three, possibly four, police officers were shot over the weekend, with one dead.  The worst case was in San Antonio.  From Fox:

Authorities in Texas were hunting for a gunman Monday accused of killing a detective after shooting him twice in the face while he was writing out a traffic ticket to a driver.

San Antonio police Chief William McManus identified the fallen officer as Benjamin Marconi, 50, a 20-year veteran of the force. Marconi was shot to death in his squad car late Sunday morning outside police headquarters, police said.

According to Fox San Antonio, the U.S. Marshals service took a “person of interest” into custody at around 9:20 p.m. local time but no further information was given on the person.

However, police said early Monday that the search for a male suspect was still underway and that no arrest had been made. McManus said he doesn't believe the suspect has any relationship to the original driver who was pulled over, and no motive has been identified.

This undated image released by the San Antonio Police Department shows 20-year police veteran, Det. Benjamin Marconi, 50, who was shot and killed Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, while on duty in San Antonio, Texas. Marconi was shot to death in his squad car while writing out a traffic ticket.

And...

In St. Louis, a police sergeant was hospitalized in critical condition but expected to survive after being shot twice in the face Sunday night in what the police chief called an "ambush." Police reported early Monday that the suspect was later killed in a shootout with police.

Police Chief Sam Dotson said the 46-year-old officer was shot twice in the face.

And...

Two other police officers were also shot 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, along with a suspect. A Sanibel, Florida, officer was shot in the shoulder during a traffic stop Sunday night, and was treated for his injuries and released.

COMMENT:  Shootings of police officers are up dramatically this year.  It's open season on cops.  President Obama doesn't seem to care, but I think President Trump will.

I would not be shocked to see President Trump send federal troops into an American city, just as President Eisenhower sent troops into Little Rock in 1957 to enforce a court order integrating Central High School. 

November 21,  2016