Two police officers from Westerville, Ohio, were fatally shot Saturday in the line of duty, officials said.
Shortly after noon Saturday, two Westerville police officers were responding to a 911 caller who had hung up the phone, authorities said.
"As they went into the apartment, they were immediately met with gunfire and both officers were shot," an emotional Westerville Police Chief Joe Morbitzer said at a news conference.
A Twitter account for the city of Westerville, just north of Columbus, first posted that one officer had been killed just before 2 p.m. About an hour later, the city tweeted that a second officer had died as well.
Authorities identified the two slain officers as Anthony Morelli, 54, and Eric Joering, 39. Joering died at the scene, while Morelli was taken to a hospital, where he later died.