Police officer killed and three others wounded in Mississippi standoff

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Police officer killed and three others wounded in Mississippi standoff

Associated Press in Iuka, Mississippi
Saturday 20 February 2016 14.57 GMT

Law enforcement authorities said one officer was dead and three were hospitalized with gunshot wounds after a standoff in north-eastern Mississippi.

A state Department of Public Safety spokesman, Warren Strain, said the standoff ended in gunfire early on Saturday at a home near the town of Iuka.

Strain said the man who shot at officers was also dead. The wounds of two of the officers were not life-threatening. A woman and a girl who were inside the house were alive.

The state’s Swat team was called to the scene on Friday evening by local authorities to respond to the standoff.

Strain declined to identify the officers and the suspect. He also did not identify the agency for whom the deceased officer worked.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/20/mississippi-standoff-police-officer-killed

[NutmegYankee]

1. Police thought it was a hostage situation, but now they are not so sure

The shooting occurred during a SWAT forced entry of the home.