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US cop shot dead during her first night on the job

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Prince William County Police Department tweeted this picture of Ashley Guindon (middle), the day before she was shot dead.  

A young US police officer has been shot dead during her first night on the job.

Ashley Guindon, 29, was responding to a domestic violence call in Woodbridge, south of Washington D.C., when she was shot and killed.

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Two other officers were injured.

The suspected shooter is an army staff sergeant who has been charged with murder, reported The Washington Post.

Ms Guindon had been sworn in just a day before she lost her life.

Prince William County Police Department tweeted a picture of Ms Guindon and another rookie officer to wish them well on their first shifts.

“Welcome Officers Steven Kendall & Ashley Guindon who were sworn in today & begin their shifts this weekend. Be safe!” the tweet read.

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