Published: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 7:31 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 7:56 a.m. FORT MYERS Authorities say a Fort Myers police officer was killed after responding to a downtown disturbance.

FORT MYERS: Fort Myers Police are mourning the loss of an officer who was shot and killed by a suspect at Main & Hendry streets in downtown Fort Myers early Friday morning.

The man who killed a Fort Myers police officer Friday morning was known as a "street-level narcotics dealer" by Lee County law enforcement officials.