State police said that two detectives were lured to the scene by a fake call in order to ambush them.
The shooting was called "senseless" by the police chief.
Police officers responded to a call about a possible domestic violence incident at a house in Bristol, Connecticut, before the shooting took place.
One of the officers who responded to the scene, named Alex Hamzy, died immediately, as did a second officer, namedDustin Demonte, and a third officer, named Alec Iurato.
The suspect, a 35-year-old named Nicholas Brutcher, was shot and killed on the scene, while his brother, Nathan, was shot and taken to a hospital.
According to unnamed sources, Nicholas Brutcher waited in his home after he got into a fight with his brother.
The shooting is being investigated by the state police.
Bristol Chief Brian Gould called the attack asenseless act of violence.
The shooting was the latest in a series of attacks on state and local police, including a shooting in Philadelphia that left three officers injured, and another in Decatur, Illinois, that wounded two officers. An officer from Las Vegas was killed in the line of duty. The FBI searched Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago home after a man tried to enter an FBI building in Cincinnati and was shot and killed by police.
The New York Times reported that two police officers were shot dead in Connecticut after being tricked by a fake emergency call.
Two officers were killed and one was released from the hospital after a shooting.
Two police officers were killed in a shooting in Bristol.
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