Memphis police officer and teen suspect killed in early-morning shootout
A Memphis police officer and a teenager were killed during a shootout early Friday after police responded to call about a suspicious vehicle.
A Memphis police officer and a teenager were killed during a shootout early Friday after police responded to call about a suspicious vehicle.
Officers responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle at Horn Lake Road and Charter Avenue at 2 a.m. Friday, police said. When they approached the car, police said they were fired upon by the occupants inside and officers returned fire.
In the shower of bullets, two teenage suspects and three officers were hit, resulting in deaths of one suspect and one officer, identified as officer Joseph McKinney.
In the chaos, the suspect vehicle fled and officers pursued. The car stopped in the 400 block of Hewlett Road and one suspect was taken into custody. The other suspect fled the scene and was located nearby and also taken into custody, police said.
Two officers were transported to Regional One Health Hospital in Memphis, and “tragically one of our officers lost his life,” Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis said in a morning news conference.
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