A friend of a man accused of murdering a stranger in a Gainesville lumberyard, then shooting at two officers, said she doesn't want him to be remembered as a bad person. She described him as being a good father and a hard worker.

Law enforcement agencies are investigating after two officers were shot in Gainesville and two other people were killed, including the suspected gunman.Gainesville Police Department officers confirm two officers responded to reports of shots fired on East University Avenue near Waldo Road on Wednesday,

The two responding officers were ambushed as the suspect was trying to leave a Gainesville, Florida business district, busy with rush-hour traffic, where he had just fatally shot someone at a nearby lumber yard, Gainesville Police Chief Nelson Moya said at a news conference.

The two GPD officers shot near Imeca Lumber & Hardware in east Gainesville suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Gainesville Police Department Chief Nelson Moya shared the name of the gunman accused of killing a lumber store employee and wounding two officers on Wednesday morning.The chief identified the shooter as Justin Dewayne Long,