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ERICGAY—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS A woman leaves ties balloons at a make-shi memorial for slain San Antonio police officer Benjamin Marconi, 50, a 20-year veteran of the force, Monday in San Antonio. ByJimSalterandDavid Warren The Associated Press Amanhuntforasuspect in the fatal shooting of a veteran Texas police de- tective ended Monday with an arrest in the killing that was one of several weekend attacks against law enforce- ment in multiple states, au- thorities said. The San Antonio detec- tive and officers shot in Mis- souri and Florida were con- ducting routine tasks Sun- day when they became the targets of violence. The de- tective was writing a traffic ticket when he was shot to death in his squad car Sun- day morning outside police headquarters. "I think the uniform was the target and the first per- son that happened along was the first person that (the suspect) targeted," San Antonio Police Chief Wil- liam McManus said Mon- day. In Missouri, a St. Louis police sergeant was shot twice in the face Sunday evening while he sat in traf- fic in a marked police vehi- cle. He was released from a hospital Monday. The shootings were the latest in what law enforce- ment officials say is an alarming spike in ambush- style attacks. Sixty officers were shot to death on the job this year, compared to 41 in all of 2015, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Of the 60 killed, 20 were pur- posely targeted by their as- sailant compared to eight last year, the group said. Police officers also were shot and injured during traffic stops in Sanibel, Flor- ida, and Gladstone, Mis- souri, on Sunday night, but authorities have not sug- gested these were targeted attacks. All the shootings come less than five months after a black military vet- eran killed five white offi- cers at a protest in Dallas — the deadliest day for Amer- ican law enforcement since Sept. 11, 2001. Race was a factor in the Dallas attack, but police have not said if race played a part in any of the attacks on Sunday. In San Anto- nio, police say the suspect is black and the officer was white. In St. Louis, the sus- pect was black, but police have not released the offi- cer's race. Most killings of police officers are carried out by white men, and most people shot and killed by police are white, said Craig W. Floyd, president of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. San Antonio Detective Benjamin Marconi, who was killed Sunday while writing the ticket, was a 20-year veteran of the force. Chief McManus said Mon- day evening that a 31-year- old man, Otis Tyrone McK- ane, was arrested on a capi- tal murder warrant without incident after the car he was riding in was stopped Monday afternoon on an in- terstate. McManus said earlier that he doesn't believe the suspect has any relation- ship to the motorist who was pulled over initially. Surveillance video shows the suspect at San Antonio police headquar- ters about four hours be- fore the 50-year-old Mar- coni was shot. The suspect asked a desk clerk a ques- tion but left before receiv- ing an answer, said McM- anus, who declined to say what the man asked. St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson declined to name the 46-year-old officer who was shot and wounded there. He said the officer is a married father of three and has been with the depart- ment for about 20 years. Te xa s, M is so ur i, Florida officers shot in attacks; 1 killed LAW ENFORCEMENT By Matthew Brown The Associated Press PRAY, MONT. U.S. officials on Monday blocked new mining claims outside Yel- lowstone National Park as the Obama administration races in its last days to keep industry out of natural and environmentally sensitive areas. Mining claims on more than 30,000 acres north of the nation's first national park will be prohibited for at least two years while a long-term ban is consid- ered, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said during a visit to Montana's scenic Paradise Valley. Details were obtained by The Associated Press in advance of the formal an- nouncement. Interior officials last week blocked new oil drill- ing in the Arctic Ocean and cancelled 25 oil and gas leases in western Col- orado and 15 in northwest- ern Montana. Republicans and indus- try representatives have criticized the administra- tion's eleventh-hour actions to limit development and promised to seek their rever- sal once Obama leaves office The latest move came af- ter a pair of gold exploration proposals north of Yellow- stone drew strong opposi- tion from l business own- ers, environmentalists and Montana elected officials. Jewell hiked a rocky trail near one of the min- ing sites, beneath the snow- capped peaks of the Absa- roka Mountains. She said she hoped the temporary ban would discourage the projects' sponsors and shield Yellowstone and sur- rounding areas from devel- opment. The two-year prohibi- tion would not explicitly block the pending propos- als, both of which involve private lands. However, Jewell and other govern- ment officials said it could make large-scale mining more difficult if the proj- ects were expanded onto public lands. "This is right on the doorstep of Yellowstone National Park, one of the most amazing places in the world," Jewell said. "It needs to be part of a larger ecosystem and this forest is part of that ecosystem. Mining will damage that. It will damage the ability of the animals to migrate. It will impact potentially the watershed. It could impact the geothermal features." Recreation and other ac- tivities still will be allowed in the area. A Canadian company, Lucky Minerals, has ap- plied to the Montana De- partment of Environmental Quality to explore for gold and other minerals north of Yellowstone near Emigrant, Montana. Another com- pany, Spokane, Washing- ton-based Crevice Mining Group,isseekingpermission to explore for gold near Jar- dine, just over Yellowstone's northern boundary. LuckyMineralsVice Pres- ident Shaun Dykes said he was "disgusted" with Mon- day's announcement and said he'd received no ad- vance notice from federal officials. He said the ad- ministration's action could scare off potential investors who can easily steer their money to mining projects elsewhere. "They're sending a huge message to mining and ex- ploration (companies), say- ing you're not welcome in Montana," Dykes told the AP in a telephone inter- view. "That area has huge potential value and we're going to work with local mineral owners to help them fight this." Dykes said the reserves his company is targeting hold up to 10 million ounces of gold. If Lucky Mineral's plans get stopped by the government's actions, Dykes said the company would be entitled to compensation for its foregone profits. ENVIRONMENT US moves to block mining near Yellowstone By James Macpherson and Blake Nicholson The Associated Press CANNON BALL, N.D. Authorities on Monday defended their decision to douse protesters with wa- ter during a skirmish in subfreezing weather near the Dakota Access oil pipe- line, and organizers said at least 17 protesters were taken to the hospital — in- cluding some who were treated for hypothermia. The clash occurred late Sunday and early Monday as protesters trying to push past a long-blocked bridge on a state highway were turned back by authorities using tear gas, rubber bul- lets and water hoses. One officer was injured when struck in the head with a rock. One protester was ar- rested. Protesters and officers massed at the bridge again late Monday morning, but protesters dispersed a few hours later at the request of tribal elders after po- lice warned the crowd that they'd identified firearms and that anyone with a weapon should leave. The Standing Rock Sioux and others oppose the 1,200-mile, four-state pipe- line being built to carry oil from western North Da- kota to a shipping point in Illinois because they say it threatens drinking water on their nearby reservation and cultural sites. Pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners has said no sites have been disturbed and that the $3.8 billion pipe- line will be safe. The pipeline is largely complete except for the sec- tion under a Missouri River reservoir in southern North Dakota,andETPChiefExec- utive Kelcy Warren said Fri- day the company is unwill- ing to reroute the project. What's known as the Backwater Bridge on state Highway 1806 has been shut down for weeks be- cause authorities say it might be unsafe due to earlier fires set by pro- testers. Protesters say the closed bridge near their main camp blocks emer- gency services, and they accuse authorities of keep- ing it shut down to block their access to pipeline con- struction sites. Authorities dispute that. Additional testing is needed to make sure the bridge is safe, and that can't be done until the area is deemed safe for inspec- tors, said state Transpor- tation Department spokes- woman Jamie Olson. At least 17 protest- ers were injured severely enough to be taken to hos- pitals during the overnight skirmish at the bridge, said Dallas Goldtooth, an orga- nizer with the Indigenous Environmental Network. "Hypothermia, a number of head injuries from being shot with rubber bullets, one individual had a heart attack," he said. Daniel Kanahele, 64, a native Hawaiian, said he was hit with tear gas, wa- ter spray and a rubber bul- let in a leg, and "it took me off my feet." He was treated at the scene. Although Goldtooth said a water cannon was used to douse the protesters, Mor- ton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said only fire hoses were used. Sheriff's spokesman Rob Keller said a tactical vehicle spraying tear gas has been mistaken by some people as a water cannon. Kirchmeier defended the use of water hoses, say- ing protesters were using aggressive tactics them- selves. "We're just not going to let people or protesters in large groups come in and threaten officers. That's not happening," the sher- iff said. Mandan Police Chief Ja- son Ziegler said authorities won't rule out using water again if it's deemed neces- sary "to maintain control and order." Margaret Huang, execu- tive director of the human rights organization Am- nesty International, sent a letter to Kirchmeier on Monday saying the water tactic "risks potential in- jury and hypothermia." Si- erra Club Executive Direc- tor Michael Brune issued a statement calling the use of water an "act of brutality" and "inhumane." Green- peace spokeswoman Mary Sweeters called it "nothing short of horrific." U.S. Sen. Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, sent a letter Monday to Attor- ney General Loretta Lynch, calling the use of water "ex- cessive and unnecessary" and urging the Justice De- partment to "prevent fur- ther escalation of violence." NORTH DAKOTA Pipeline protesters doused in subfreezing temps JAMES MACPHERSON — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Protesters against the Dakota Access oil pipeline stand on a burned-out truck near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Monday that they removed from a long-closed bridge on Sunday on a state highway near their camp in southern North Dakota. 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