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I really don't think there's an especial 'rush' to charge suspects with murder if the victim is a police officer. Sadly, there have been plenty such cases in which the victims were ordinary members of the public, as well as a couple of successful prosecutions for the murder of cyclists when drivers used a car as a weapon. I think it's a type of murder that has become more likely in recent years, and not only because of the terrorist atrocities in Nice, Berlin, and London (and probably elsewhere, but those are the ones I can remember). I have no evidence for that and no idea what the reasons might be, though.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/16/ten-arrested-after-police-officer-killed-investigating-burglary-in-berkshire
It now been confirmed that the office was hit be a car (BMW, by the looks of it) 10 people arrested on suspicion of murder.
Perhaps this is distasteful, but there does seam to be rush to call it murder if a vehicle goes anywhere near a police office.