National news briefs

Prisoner allegedly kills police officer

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 23-year-old prisoner being taken to jail to face car theft charges allegedly shot one police officer to death and gravely wounded a second, then escaped in their squad car, authorities said Sunday.

Dozens of police and FBI agents mounted a manhunt across Puerto Rico for the suspect, Ricardo Lebron Berrios, who allegedly opened fire while he was being driven to a Bayamon jail late Saturday. A Justice Department statement said Officer Jorge Sanchez Santiago was killed and Lt. Benjamin Santiago Fragoso was in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds.

Gunman kills 3 brothers near home

MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — A gunman opened fire on a group of people outside a trailer home in western Wisconsin, killing three brothers before critically wounding himself, police said Sunday.

Menomonie Police Sgt. Andrew Crouse said a 23-year-old man from St. Paul, Minn., shot and killed the brothers late Saturday and wounded another man in the western Wisconsin trailer park.

The three brothers, all from the Menomonie area, were identified as Toua Kong, 32; Siong Kong, 25; and Seng Kong, 13. The shooting took place in front of the trailer where Siong lived. The two other brothers lived in a different trailer, Crouse said.

Police said the fourth man — identified as 25-year-old Toua Xiong, of Menomonie — was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening wounds. Xiong is not related to the brothers, police said.

Crouse said the gunman was in critical condition.

Actor Ed Reimers in good hands now

NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Reimers, the actor who told television viewers "you're in good hands with Allstate" for decades, died Sunday in upstate New York, a relative said. He was 96.

Reimers, who also served as an announcer for several TV shows in the 1950s and '60s, died at his daughter's home in Saratoga Springs, said Dean Lindoerfer, his nephew by marriage. With his white hair and resonant voice, Reimers was the insurance giant's TV spokesman for 22 years.

Man falls 30 feet through sidewalk

NEW YORK (AP) — A man plunged 30 feet through a rusted-out metal plate on a New York City sidewalk as he stepped outside an Off-Track Betting Parlor to smoke a cigar.