FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMED: Ambush-style killings of police up 300% in first half of year.

The report found that from January to July 20 this year, 14 police officers were shot and killed in ambushes, seven while stopping a suspicious person and five were killed while “executing a tactical arrest or high-risk warrants.”

The report, which was published at the end of July and covers only the first half of 2016, does not include the two officers who were shot and killed in an apparent ambush in Iowa on Wednesday. Both officers were gunned down in their patrol cars after responding to a report of gunfire in Des Moines.

The only good news out of this report is that despite the huge percentage increase, the actual numbers are still small.