Tuesday November 23, 2004 6:46 PM
FABIOLA SANCHEZ
Associated Press Writer
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A suspect in the slaying of a top Venezuelan prosecutor last week was killed Tuesday in a shootout with police, an official said.
The suspect, a lawyer named Antonio Lopez, was in his car when he was approached by police, police chief Henry Zerpa said. Lopez tried to escape and opened fire at police, who fired back, he said.
Two policemen were wounded in the shootout in central Caracas, Zerpa said.
Lopez had been sought in an investigation into the killing of prosecutor Danilo Anderson, who died in an explosion that ripped through his SUV Thursday night. The government has said the assassination may have been aimed at derailing Anderson's prosecution of supporters of a 2002 coup attempt against President Hugo Chavez.
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