The Latest: Officer killed responding to traffic accident

(AP) — The Latest on the shooting of two California police officers as they responded to a traffic accident (all times local):

Authorities say a gang member who had been out of jail for less than two weeks has shot and killed a Whittier police officer and wounded another before being wounded himself.

Corina says the officers confronted the driver, noticed he was covered in gang tattoos, and were going to search him for weapons when he pulled a gun.

Officials say a California police officer was killed and another wounded in a shooting while they were trying to help a man who had been in a traffic accident in Whittier.

Lt. John Corina of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said the two city police officers had responded to a report Monday of a traffic accident and approached the vehicle when they were shot.