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Police: Guns show CA suspect set for confrontation

Police investigating the death of a man suspected of gunning down a California sheriff's deputy and a civilian say they've found equipment indicating he was preparing for an armed confrontation: a ballistic vest, a gas mask and several weapons including a high-powered assault rifle.The man's body was found in the burnt ruins of an apartment building following a fiery standoff with law officers. The fatal shooting Thursday morning of the deputy and a locksmith during an eviction led to a day-long standoff that ended when the four-unit apartment building caught fire.  On Friday, authorities recovered a badly burned body that has not been positively identified. But they said the male is the suspect in the slayings. The weapons were found close to the suspect's body along with police-style radios, police said Satursday. "Investigators also found that the man was wearing a ballistic vest which strongly suggests that the man barricaded himself in the apartme...

Two suspects arrested in Oklahoma shootings

 Police arrested two while male suspects early Sunday in recent shootings that left three people dead and left two more critically wounded, all black, in the Tulsa area.Tulsa police spokesman Jason Willingham said the two men were arrested at a house just north of Tulsa at 1:47 a.m. and were expected to face three charges of first-degree murder and two counts of shooting with intent to kill. He said police acted on a crimestoppers' tip and went to one location and tracked the suspects after they traveled about a half mile on foot to another location where they were taken into custody. He declined to characterize that as a pursuit. "There obviously still is a lot of investigation" ahead, Willingham told The Associated Press by telephone. "We don't' have a motive at this time. We are still asking questions and hopefully that will become clear in coming days." Willingham identified the men in custody as 19-year-old Jake England and 32-year-old Alvin Wat...