[Uncle Ivan]

We don't know any more than you do. Some have jumped on the "they're white racists" angle, but the ASP is holding its cards very closely. They're waiting on the state crime lab to do their thing, and perhaps they'll release more info then.

I work in a criminal justice field with some people from that town, and today upon hearing it, the mood at work was, to put it lightly, very on edge.

[Cedar]

Update from the Commercial Appeal:

“The two suspects also were killed. Authorities declined to identify them, but The Commercial Appeal talked to three people late Thursday who said they recognized their relatives and the van from photos and videos. They said one of the suspects was a 16-year-old boy and the other was his father.”

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/may/20/west-memphis-police-officer-killed-another-injured/