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Two St. Petersburg Police officers and a US Marshal were shot this morning while serving an arrest warrant. The two St. Pete police officers have died. Thursday two Miami officers were killed serving a warrant. As Whitney Ray tells us, every time an officer tracks down a fugitive, their life is at risk.

Last week ended with two dead police officers in Miami and began Monday with more officers dead in St. Petersburg…. All were serving arrest warrants.

Leon County Sheriff’s Deputy Marvin Foran carried the news with him as he set out to arrest criminals with charges ranging for unpaid fines to assaulting police officers.

“It hits hard home, I hate to see anybody, especially a brother or sister in law enforcement get hurt,” said Foran.

Foran has backup. Deputy James Giordano, draws his gun and circles around the back of the house while Foran knocks on the front door. The suspect isn’t home.

“A lot of the time you just don’t know what’s going on in their life or what their capable of doing so you approach everyone like it may all fall apart and you got to have a plan,” said Foran.

There are no routine days for these deputies. Behind every door danger may lurk. A gun, a dog, someone determined not to go back to prison. The recent shootings are shedding light on the dangers officers face serving warrants.

This statue at the state capitol is a memorial to all the officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in Florida. In 2010 nine officers were killed, 2011 is already getting off to a rough start. The Police Benevolent Association is keeping track of the surge in police shootings.

“It’s a warzone out there, you have people that are desperate, they don’t want to go back to prison and their only recourse is to shoot law enforcement officers and kill them and typically they die too,” said PBA Spokesman Matt Puckett.

The men and women who sacrifice their lives for safety are honored annually at the state capitol. Since the state began keeping records more than 700 officers have been killed. Florida ranks 4th in the number of police officer deaths. Nationwide 160 officers were killed in 2010.