1 officer dead, 3 wounded in Mississippi shooting

The suspect was also killed after a standoff with police, south of luka, Miss., the Clarion-Ledger reported.

Tishomingo County deputies, MHP and MBN were on scene, witnesses said.

One law enforcement officer was killed and three were wounded early Saturday after a six-hour long standoff at a rural MS house ended when authorities stormed the house and the gunman inside opened fire, authorities said.

Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a domestic violence call on County Road 201 around 5:15 p.m. Friday, where a man was reportedly armed inside a house with a woman and a child, Strain said.

A state SWAT team was summoned and was forcing its way into the house when the gunfire erupted, Wilemon said.

“They negotiated. They must have decided it wasn’t going too well”. He was shot and killed early Saturday when the SWAT team he was part of forcibly entered a house after an hourslong standoff with a resident inside. The wounds of two of the officers are not life-threatening. The woman and 10-year-old girl were rescued safely.

Tartt had been with the narcotics bureau for 16 years, according to Fox affiliate MS News Now. He also did not identify the agency for whom the deceased officer worked.

Officials told reporters on Friday night that a man had taken his wife and child hostage inside a home south of Iuka, near the Alabama state line. “This is a tragic reminder that their willingness to serve can exact the highest price”, Bryant said. He joined the narcotics bureau in 2000 and in 2011 had been honored as agent of the year, Strain said.