RAINBOW CITY, Ala. (AP) -- Officers who went to a house with a warrant to search for drugs were met at the door by a couple in bulletproof vests and a surprise gunfight. A blast from an assault weapon, apparently fired through the front door, killed Chris McCurley, 46, the recently appointed chief of Etowah Country's drug task force, authorities said. Etowah County Sheriff James Hayes said a man and woman came to the door wearing bulletproof vests when law officers arrived Friday at their new house in a quiet neighborhood near the Coosa River about 65 miles northeast of Birmingham. After McCurley was shot, the man walked outside and continued firing, striking three more officers before he was finally shot down by police hiding behind trees, said Minnie Bellew, who lives across the street. Ezra George Petersen, 50, was hospitalized with minor gunshot wounds to his extremities, Hayes said. He was under guard at Gadsden Regional Medical Center. The woman, Connie Stozzie, 30, was taken to jail and was on investigative hold. Petersen shot at officers with an AK-47 assault weapon with a 100-round drum of ammunition, Hayes said. Officer Gary Lee Entrekin, 34, was in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the back, said M.D. Garmon, a spokesman at Riverview Regional Medical Center in Gadsden. Altoona police officer Khris Yancey, 26, was shot in the back, but his wounds were not thought to be serious. Reserve officer Rick Correll, 46, was in fair condition with wounds to an arm and foot. ``The law enforcement community and its supporters will not rest in this county until Petersen gets what he justly deserves -- and that's the electric chair,'' Hayes said. Neighbors said the tall, tattooed Petersen was a friendly man frequently seen riding a motorcycle. He had bought $20 worth of oranges Wednesday from Mrs. Bellow's grandson, who was selling fruit for a school fund-raiser. ``He was real nice. I talked to him about his motorcycles, all the stuff he did to them,'' 14-year-old Jake Bellew said. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"